Subj : Leaden spade
To   : Alexander Koryagin
From : mark lewis
Date : Tue Oct 29 2019 09:30:14

  Re: Leaden spade
  By: Alexander Koryagin to All on Tue Oct 29 2019 08:32:28

 AK> Although all the text is very vivid and difficult, I'd like ask why
 AK> the workers use "leaden spades"? IMHO lead is not a metal for
 AK> spades? ;)


adjective #1 below applies...


leaden [ led-n ]
  adjective

    1. inertly heavy like lead; hard to lift or move: a leaden weight; leaden 
feet.

    2. dull, spiritless, or gloomy, as in mood or thought: leaden prose; a 
leaden atmosphere.

    3. of a dull gray color: leaden skies.

    4. oppressive; heavy: a leaden silence.

    5. sluggish; listless: They moved at a leaden pace.

    6. of poor quality or little value.

    7. made or consisting of lead.


  verb (used with object)

    1. to make leaden, sluggish, dull, etc.: Fatigue had leadened his brain and 
step.


  https://www.dictionary.com/browse/leaden



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