leading
An act by which one is led or guidedAn act by which one is led or guided.
Meaning
3 sensesAn act by which one is led or guided.
(uncountable)Vertical space added between lines; line spacing.
Zeilenabstand, Interlinea, Zeilendurchschuss
интерлиньяжinterlinʹjaž
(archaic)Command of an army or military unit.
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Origin
From Middle English leding, ledyng, ledinge, ledunge, equivalent to lead + -ing. Cognate wFrom Middle English leding, ledyng, ledinge, ledunge, equivalent to lead + -ing. Cognate with Dutch leiding (“conduit, leading, guidance, leadership”), German Leitung (“line, conduit, cable”).
From Middle English leedynge, equivalent to lead (chemical element) + -ing; so named because in metal typesetting (letterpress and hot metal typesetting), pieces of lead (slugs, strips, blocks, etc) were often the mechanical means of producing the gap.
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