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p. p. of Lead, to guide.

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  1. p. p. of Lead, to guide.
  2. n. A boy; a youth; a stripling.
  3. n. A companion; a comrade; a mate.
  4. n. a boy or man
  5. n. a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy)
  6. of Lead, to guide Chaucer. 1. A boy; a youth; a stripling. "Cupid is a knavish lad." Shak. There is a lad here, which hath fire barley loaves and two small fishes. John vi. 9. 2. A companion; a comrade; a mate. Lad's love. (Bot.) See Boy's love, under Boy.
  7. of Lead, to guide Chaucer.
  8. n:100 n a boy or man n a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy)