lead, n.All

Romans used lead water pipes but they were safe because the high calcium content in their water created a layer of plaque preventing the water from contacting the lead itself.

Pencils have never actually contained lead, but are called so because the Romans used lead as a writing tool.

Pencils never had lead, but people had thought graphite was a form of lead.

Last night a hypnotist convinced me I was a soft, malleable metal with an atomic number of eighty-two.I’m easily lead