lead-color

PAINTS, white, the composition of 3; 83; 271 lead-color, the composition of 3; 84; 271 black, the composition of 3; 84; 271 for tarpaulins, the composition of 3; 84; 271

Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ordnance

In form he is a very elegant bird, somewhat slender, his back of a bluish lead-color becoming nearly black on his crown; the under part of his body, from his throat down, is of a light, delicate yellow, with a belt of black dots across his breast.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 Various

"O branches! why are you lead-color and we golden?"

A Child's Story Garden Elizabeth [Compiler] Heber

The sky was mottled lead-color, the wind blew less strongly, but cold — cold.

More Jonathan Papers Elisabeth Woodbridge Morris 1917

The moon was suddenly snuffed out and the sea grew lead-color -- like a passion that has gone stale.

Madcap George Gibbs 1906

The vast seas, green and black and lead-color, thundered down upon the rocks as if they would batter them to fragments.

Kings in Exile Charles George Douglas Roberts 1901

The water in the streams lost its vivid green and became lead-color streaked with white foam.

The Tyranny of the Dark Hamlin Garland 1900

As Ridge was rowed ashore he directed Ensign Comly's attention to a large steam-yacht painted lead-color in imitation of the war-ships, but flying a Red Cross flag, that had evidently just arrived.

"Forward, March" A Tale of the Spanish-American War Kirk Munroe 1890

When we first went out it was a deep, mottled, lead-color; but the sky cleared, and toward sunset the waters became burnished over, changing to a warm golden gray, and looking beautiful in their setting of snow and evergreens.

Rural Hours 1887

Its doors and drawers were painted a clean lead-color, and there were places round the knobs and buttons where the touch of hands had worn deep into the wood.

The Queen's Twin and Other Stories Sarah Orne Jewett 1879