unlead

unlead
 a general name for any crawling, venomous creature, as a toad, &c. It is sometimes ascribed to man, and then it denotes a sly, wicked fellow, that, in a manner, creeps to do mischief, the very pest of society.
 See MR. NICHOLSON'S CATALOGUE.

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England. . 1790.

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