a. [f. LEAD sb.1 + -LESS.] Devoid of lead.

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1809.  Byron, Eng. Bards & Sc. Rev., 466. When Little’s leadless pistol met his eye.

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1852.  Earp, Gold Col. Australia, 127. Gentlemen, whose seconds take care that they fight with leadless pistols.

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1898.  Westm. Gaz., 25 Feb., 2/1. The itinerant vendor of plaster busts and leadless pencils. Ibid., 14 June, 2/2. Messrs. Minton … have already taken steps … to discover a leadless glaze.

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