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Leading lights, also known as range lights in the United States, are a pair of light beacons used in navigation to indicate a safe passage for vessels
Leading_lights
Village in North Devon, England
High and Low Lights. When the ground they were on became unstable they were demolished (in 1957) and replaced by a new pair of leading lights at Instow.
Instow
Lighthouse in County Down, Northern Ireland
entering from the Irish Sea. Associated with the lighthouse are the leading lights at Green Island and Vidal Bank which mark the safe channel along Carlingford
Haulbowline_Lighthouse
UK sand dune system
both the old Braunton lights were demolished in 1957 and a new pair of leading lights were erected east of the estuary, at Instow. UNESCO Biosphere Reserve
Braunton_Burrows
American automobile racing series
Road to Indy, a program of racing series leading up to the IndyCar Series. A similar series named Indy Lights filled the developmental role for the CART
Indy_NXT
Irish actor (born 1992)
Letter Condemning Industry Silence Over Gaza (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. "Leading lights demand Almeida Theatre cut ties with Bloomberg over war crimes". Artists
Jack_Reynor
Indian actress (1926–2019)
husband was the Urdu poet and film lyricist, Kaifi Azmi. The couple were leading lights of the Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA) and the Progressive
Shaukat_Kaifi
British socialite, newspaper columnist, and racehorse trainer
Rebekah Brooks, chief executive of News UK. The couple are seen as leading lights of the so-called 'Chipping Norton set', a politically influential clique
Charlie Brooks (racehorse trainer)
Charlie_Brooks_(racehorse_trainer)
American attorney
the Year Winner,” in The American Lawyer, January 2014 “Individuals: Leading Lights: Profiles of 10 Legal Innovators Who Shone Brightly in This Year’s FT
Robert_Giuffra
Visual aid in aviation
A precision approach path indicator (PAPI) is a system of four lights on the side of an airport runway threshold that provides visual descent guidance
Precision approach path indicator
Precision_approach_path_indicator
English actor and theatre director (1925–2011)
theatre to fantasy and science fiction. Neville was one of the young leading lights of the British theatre in the early 1950s, and he and contemporary and
John_Neville_(actor)
Topics referred to by the same term
indicates a channel; if lighted, they are called Range lights (in the US), or leading lights (in the UK) An open stretch of land used for projectile
Range
American thrash metal band
1980s Bay Area thrash metal scene, and often credited as one of the leading lights of the second wave of the genre. Vio-lence's most notable lineup was
Vio-lence
and two other reference points Leading line – the line passing through two marks indicating a safe channel Leading lights – the line passing through two
Position_line
Scottish musician (born 1934)
McDevitt (born 4 December 1934) is a Scottish musician who was one of the leading lights of the skiffle genre which was highly influential and popular in the
Chas_McDevitt
Lebanese music producer (born 1976)
producer. He was referred to as one of 8 leading lights in Lebanese culture by CNN. He has worked with many leading artists including, Soap Kills, The New
Zeid_Hamdan
British novelist (born 1954)
Queen's honours". BBC News. 31 December 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2022. "Leading lights in sport and literature given honorary degrees" (Press release). Newcastle
Ann_Cleeves
Indian actress (born 1981)
from the original on 21 January 2014. Retrieved 28 October 2012. "The leading lights of the small screen". Forbes India. Archived from the original on 29
Anita_Hassanandani
Australian rules footballer (born 2003)
"'Pure footballer': How Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera became one of St Kilda's leading lights". Herald-Sun. Melbourne, Victoria. Retrieved 29 July 2025.{{cite news}}:
Nasiah_Wanganeen-Milera
Australian thrash metal band
According to Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, they were one of "two leading lights... [of] a small, but fervent underground thrash/speed metal scene."
Mortal_Sin_(band)
Structure designed to emit light to aid navigation
is possible. Such paired lighthouses are called range lights in North America and leading lights in the United Kingdom. The closer light is referred to
Lighthouse
Nigerian preacher, pastor, author, and archbishop
World. Retrieved 10 October 2016. Femi Adelegan (April 2013). Nigeria's Leading Lights of the Gospel: Revolutionaries in Worldwide Christianity. WestBow Press
Margaret_Idahosa
Lighthouse
and Low Lights of North Shields are decommissioned leading lights in North Shields, Tyne and Wear in the United Kingdom. Two pairs of lights survive:
High and Low Lights of North Shields
High_and_Low_Lights_of_North_Shields
Nigerian clergyman (born 1954)
April 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014. Adelegan, Femi (2013). Nigeria's Leading Lights of the Gospel. WestBow Press. p. 145. ISBN 978-1-4497-6953-6. Retrieved
David_Oyedepo
American wireless network company
Industry Awards – Best Wi-Fi Network Operator 2016 - Light Reading Leading Lights Award – Most Innovative Wireless Service "Location". boingo.com. Retrieved
Boingo_Wireless
State in eastern India
widely acclaimed, and Manik Bandyopadhyay, who is considered one of the leading lights of modern Bengali fiction. In modern times, Jibanananda Das has been
West_Bengal
Defunct lighthouses near Harwich, Essex
added to the Heritage at Risk Register. They are the only pair of iron leading lights that are still standing in England. The Dovercourt Lighthouses were
Dovercourt_Lighthouses
Unidentified phenomenon at Hessdalen valley in Norway
The Hessdalen lights are unidentified lights which have been observed in a 12-kilometre-long (7.5 mi) stretch of the Hessdalen valley in rural central
Hessdalen_lights
Indian drama television series
Archived from the original on 29 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020. "The leading lights of the small screen". Forbes India. Archived from the original on 29
Yeh_Hai_Mohabbatein
anarchist movement, and some historians have described him as one of the 'leading lights' of the anarchist movement in France during the 1890s. As the older
Henri_Achille_Etiévant
2006 American sports drama television series
Friday Night Lights is an American sports drama television series developed by Peter Berg and inspired by a 1990 book of immersive journalism by H. G.
Friday Night Lights (TV series)
Friday_Night_Lights_(TV_series)
Canadian actor (born 1990)
star of CTV's Transplant has emerged as one of Canadian television's leading lights, garnering international acclaim and shifting the way Muslims have historically
Hamza_Haq
Scottish novelist, critic, and dramatist (1891–1973)
Scottish novelist, critic, and dramatist who emerged as one of the leading lights of the Scottish Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s. With over twenty
Neil_M._Gunn
Polish diplomat and activist (1888–1960)
leading power brokers of the 20th century, a publicist and writer. Already as a gifted student in Paris and London he mixed with the leading lights of
Józef_Retinger
English musician (born 1969)
Michael Landy, Sam Taylor-Wood, and Abigail Lane, some of the future leading lights of the Britart movement. His musical interests were heavily influenced
Graham_Coxon
Anti-stall control surface on aircraft
A leading-edge extension (LEX) is a small extension to an aircraft wing surface, forward of the leading edge. The primary reason for adding an extension
Leading-edge_extension
Scottish filmmaker (born 1969)
Los Angeles Times columnist Mark Olsen considered Ramsay "one of the leading lights of young British cinema", describing her additionally as "among the
Lynne_Ramsay
Music genre
they had become what Exclaim! writer Dimitri Nasrallah called the "leading lights in the early 2000's neo-folk movement". The embrace of the genre continued
Neofolk
Baptist Christian denomination
University Press of America, USA, p. 96. Femi Adelegan, 2013, Nigeria's Leading Lights of the Gospel: Revolutionaries in Worldwide Christianity, WestBow Press
Nigerian_Baptist_Convention
Runway light set
(ALS) Leading lights Optical landing system (OLS) Precision approach path indicator (PAPI) Pilot controlled lighting (PCL) Runway edge lights (HIRL,
Visual approach slope indicator
Visual_approach_slope_indicator
Turkish playwright, poet and politician (1852–1937)
an early 20th-century Ottoman playwright and poet. He was one of the leading lights of the Turkish Romantic period. He is known in Turkish literature as
Abdülhak_Hâmid_Tarhan
English writer (1930–2017)
Wildman, Thirzah (31 August 2011). "Inspector Morse creator among leading lights to be honoured at Lincoln graduation". University of Lincoln. Archived
Colin_Dexter
West African princess (1840s–1880)
and Christine Bullock, eds, The making of Good Wives, Good Mothers, Leading Lights of Society. The Story of St Anne's School Ibadan. Y Books & Associated
Sarah_Forbes_Bonetta
American television executive (1901–1990)
not always smooth. His friendship with Edward R. Murrow, one of the leading lights in the CBS news division (and by then a vice president of CBS), suffered
William_S._Paley
79-mile footpath in Northern England
initially devised by the West Riding Ramblers' Association with the 'leading lights' being Colin Speakman and Tom Wilcock (Footpath Secretary). The route
Dales_Way
Lighthouse in Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, Germany
Loschen Tower or Loschen Lighthouse, is the rear light of a pair of leading lights at the New Harbour of Bremerhaven, Germany. It is the oldest operative
Bremerhaven_Lighthouse
English vocalist (1944–2020)
Retrieved 15 May 2020. "Phil May, front man with the Pretty Things, leading lights of the Sixties R&B boom – obituary". The Telegraph. 20 May 2020. Beacom
Phil_May_(singer)
British drummer
Camel in 1971, evolving from Ward's first band, the Brew. One of the leading lights of the English progressive rock movement, Camel enjoyed considerable
Andy_Ward_(musician)
Founder of Word of Life Bible Church in Warri, Nigeria
Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-137-26481-7. Femi, Adelegan (2013). Nigeria's Leading Lights of the Gospel: Revolutionaries in Worldwide Christianity. WestBow Press
Ayo_Oritsejafor
Indian woman spiritual leader
Prakashmani's death in August 2007, in which she described her as "one of the leading lights" of the Brahma Kumaris. Narendra Modi, then Chief Minister of Gujarat
Dadi_Prakashmani
Indian Freedom fighter and political leader (1880–1936)
patronage from the Nehru-Gandhi family and became prominent politicians and leading lights of the Congress party. They demonstrated pugnacious street fighter characteristics
Mukhtar_Ahmed_Ansari
Active camouflage system prototype for World War II aircraft
Yehudi lights are lamps of automatically controlled brightness placed on the front and leading edges of an aircraft to raise the aircraft's luminance
Yehudi_lights
Book by Brethren of Purity
Composed of 52 treatises, it had a great influence on later intellectual leading lights of the Muslim world and was transmitted as far abroad within the Muslim
Encyclopedia of the Brethren of Purity
Encyclopedia_of_the_Brethren_of_Purity
1980 studio album by Def Leppard
review that On Through the Night "established the band as one of the leading lights of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal." Although he stated that "it
On_Through_the_Night
Lighthouse in Somerset, England
1801. It was decommissioned in 1832, having been replaced by a pair of leading lights half a mile to the north, and is now a private dwelling. Burnham-on-Sea
Burnham-on-Sea_Round_Tower
Nigerian preacher (1945–2025)
2014. Retrieved 19 March 2017. Femi Adelegan (April 2013). Nigeria's Leading Lights of the Gospel: Revolutionaries in Worldwide Christianity. WestBow Press
Uma_Ukpai
Device used to attract attention
position-indicating radiobeacon station (ELTs, PLBs & EPIRBs) iBeacon Lantern Leading lights Lighthouse of Alexandria Milestone/Kilometric point Polaris Signal Strobe
Beacon
2019 film by Rahul Ravindran
very highly about this film but it does not come to pass. The film’s leading lights stressed many times that the film is for a family audience, it is anything
Manmadhudu_2
Lights on a vehicle indicating position, heading, and status
navigation lights follow the convention of marine vessels established a half-century earlier, with a red navigation light located on the left wingtip leading edge
Navigation_light
Lighthouse in Somerset, England
the structure. Together, the High and Low Lighthouses functioned as leading lights, guiding vessels into the entrance channel for the River Parrett (the
Burnham-on-Sea_Low_Lighthouse
Pair of early 19th-century towers in Harwich, Essex
Essex, which were built as leading lights to help guide vessels into the harbour. They replaced an earlier pair of lights established in the seventeenth
Harwich High and Low Lighthouses
Harwich_High_and_Low_Lighthouses
Australia, and disbanded around 1866 after the death of one of its "leading lights". The club, whose aims were "the cultivation of dramatic literature
Garrick_Club_(Melbourne)
American writer and visual artist (1914–1997)
Through this connection, Burroughs came to personally know many of the leading lights of the chaos magic movement, including Hine, Lee, Peter J. Carroll,
William_S._Burroughs
1956 film by Russell Rouse
Seven Brothers, weigh in with competent performances as Cross Creek's leading lights." Recently, film critic Dennis Schwartz praised the film, writing, "Though
The_Fastest_Gun_Alive
Australian cricketer and actor (1929–2020)
Haddrick's "career has been extraordinary ... he is undoubtedly one of the leading lights in the Australian acting industry and he is much loved, admired and
Ron_Haddrick
American lawyer
and tenacious....Refugees around the world have lost ...one of their leading lights." Awards and fellowships have been created in his memory, including
Arthur_Helton
Finnish-Beninese band
Helsinki-Cotonou Ensemble is a Finnish–Beninese afrobeat and funk band. Its leading lights are the Finnish guitarist Janne Halonen and the Beninese singer, percussionist
Helsinki-Cotonou_Ensemble
American actor (born 1963)
Mindhunter (2017–19) and has had leading and supporting roles in various television series and films, including Lights Out, Fight Club, Three Kings, Shot
Holt_McCallany
Romanian ballet dancer
Cooper, Michael (12 April 2016). "Romanian Ballet Company Loses Its Leading Lights". The New York Times. Retrieved 31 March 2019. "Famous Danish choreographer
Alina_Cojocaru
Turkish educator, politician, diplomat and writer, who was one of the leading lights of the Turkish Romantic period. He also served as the ambassador to
Samipaşazade_Sezai
Indian Film Director
Ray. Throughout his career, Dasgupta also worked with several other leading lights involved in Calcutta's film-making renaissance, including Hrishikesh
Harisadhan_Dasgupta
American hip hop group
hood. We'd be together every day. That's family". He lists them as leading lights in Flint music, along with acts like Ready for the World and MC Breed
Top_Authority
2019 single by the Weeknd
"Blinding Lights" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter the Weeknd, from his fourth studio album, After Hours (2020). The song was released through XO
Blinding_Lights
British legal scholar (born 1955)
Ewing has been described as "one of the leading lights of English public law" and "one of the world's leading scholars of the constitution of social democracy"
Keith_Ewing
Nightclub in Manhattan, New York, US
on film as Our Latin Thing. The Fania All-Stars brought together the leading lights in Latin music styles (descarga, mambo, boogaloo, merengue, folkloric)
Cheetah_(nightclub)
Northern Irish police drama television series
Blue Lights is a Northern Irish police procedural television drama series set in the present day and based at the fictional Blackthorn police station in
Blue_Lights_(2023_TV_series)
French civil engineer
Père both joined the French Campaign in Egypt and Syria and were both leading lights in the programmes aimed at levelling the Suez Isthmus. Edouard de Villiers
Gratien_Le_Père
Lighthouse
lantern deck's wooden railing and supporting wooden brackets. Range (leading) lights, placed in line, are used as inbound aids to navigation, for a tight
Wood_Islands_Lighthouse
Lighthouse in Tasmania, Australia
River Leading Lights)) Mersey River Leading Lights (41°10.7′S 146°21.7′E / 41.1783°S 146.3617°E / -41.1783; 146.3617 (Mersey River Leading Lights)) Mersey
Low_Head_Lighthouse
Theatre training institute in India
the nomadic Vanjara tribal community of Marathwada and was one of the leading lights of the Dalit theatre movement in Maharashtra in the late 1970s. As of
National_School_of_Drama
Navigating using fixed points of reference on the sea or on land
safely. When lighted, these markers are called "leading lights" (British English) or "range lights" (American English). The relative positions of the marks
Piloting
Traffic lights are signalling devices positioned at road intersections, pedestrian crossings, and other locations to control flows of traffic. The history
History_of_traffic_lights
Aircraft lights
Landing lights are lights, mounted on aircraft, that illuminate the terrain and runway ahead during takeoff and landing, as well as being used as a collision
Landing_lights
Argentine writer and politician
1897 – 1967) was an Argentine writer and politician who was one of the leading lights of the nationalist movement of the 1920s and 1930s. He collaborated
Rodolfo_Irazusta
1932–1940 political party
first British fascist movement was founded by a woman, and how the leading lights of the suffragettes had, with Oswald Mosley, founded the BUF. Mosley's
British_Union_of_Fascists
Private college in Staten Island, New York, US
of the New York City Writers Conference, which brought some of the leading lights of the literary world to campus each summer. Instructors included Saul
Wagner_College
2024 studio album by Blind Channel
arenas calling their name": Former Eurovision contestants step up as leading lights in the nu metal revival". louder. Retrieved 7 April 2024. FitzGerald
Exit_Emotions
Ojibwe writer
"Indspire awards honour a community's leaders; Meet some of the leading lights of Canada's vibrant Indigenous culture". The Province, February 27,
Richard_Wagamese
1874 painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne, Camille Pissarro, Alfred Sisley and other leading lights of the embryonic Impressionism art movement. The model for the painting
La_Parisienne_(Renoir)
original (PDF) on 23 May 2009. Retrieved 13 May 2009. Nichols, D. (2001). "Leading Lights: the Promotion of Garden Suburb Plans and Planners in Interwar Australia"
Saxil_Tuxen
Hill and woodland in Bidston, Wirral, England
designed to work in conjunction with Leasowe Lighthouse, forming a pair of leading lights enabling ships to avoid the sandbanks in the channel to Liverpool. Being
Bidston_Hill
Hadrianic-era statue
simplicity and quiet grandeur", as he described it, became one of the leading lights of neoclassicism and an icon of the Enlightenment. Goethe, Schiller
Apollo_Belvedere
Village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England
present Killingholme lights serve as leading lights to the point where the new lights at Thorngumbald Clough will become leading lights, and the latter will
Paull
Irish-American flute and whistle player of Irish traditional music (born 1965?)
broken down these barriers and has been singled out by some of the leading lights in the flute world; Matt Molloy of The Chieftains and James Galway have
Joanie_Madden
1932 film
Notable mostly for the performance of Solomon Mikhoels, one of the leading lights of Moscow State Jewish Theatre, and for being the only Soviet film ever
The_Return_of_Nathan_Becker
1979 studio album by John Hall
Retrieved November 28, 2021. McNulty, Henry (8 Apr 1979). "Without Leading Lights". Hartford Courant. p. 7G. Priddy, Tom (29 Apr 1979). "Pop/Rock". The
Power_(John_Hall_album)
Indian musician
at the India Nightlife Convention & Awards 2021 in the "Lockdown's Leading Lights" category for his contributions during the pandemic. Muthalaly, Shonali
Carlton_Braganza
Ice hockey team in Oslo, Norway
such as Petter Salsten, Ole Eskild Dahlstrøm and Steve Allman as the leading lights. After the successes of the early nineties, culminating with an appearance
Furuset_Ishockey
British film critic
without affectation, and he did not seem overawed by the industry's leading lights." Chief Guardian film critic Peter Bradshaw wrote that Norman's "enthusiasm
Barry_Norman
Junior football club from Northern Ireland
the North West but also further afield, indeed it was once one of the leading lights in the Northern Ireland Intermediate League. After a period of uncertainty
Roe_Valley_F.C.
LEADING LIGHTS
LEADING LIGHTS
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from either of two places, in West Yorkshire near Keighley and in North Yorkshire near Northallerton. Both are named with a river name, derived from the Old English word lēoma ‘gleam’, ‘sparkle’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from an Old Norse personal name or nickname, Leysingi, from leysingi ‘freedman’. Compare Lazenby.South German : habitational name from Leising in Bavaria.
Surname or Lastname
English (Hampshire and the Isle of Wight)
English (Hampshire and the Isle of Wight) : habitational name from a place on the Isle of Wight named Brading, from Old English brerd ‘hillside’ + -ingas ‘dwellers at’, i.e. ‘(settlement of) the dwellers on the hillside’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from an Old English personal name C̄ting, a derivative of C̄ta (see Kite).Irish (of Norman origin) : Americanized form of Céitinn, a Gaelicized form of de Ketyng (probably a habitational name), which was taken to southern Ireland by Anglo-Norman settlers.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Leeming.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Leeming.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Waring.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained. Probably a respelling of Irish Hearon.Possibly also an altered form of German Haering (see Hering).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Levins.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from the county seat of Berkshire, which gets its name from Old English Rēadingas ‘people of Rēad(a)’, a byname meaning ‘red’.English : topographic name for someone who lived in a clearing, an unattested Old English ryding.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained; perhaps an altered form of Eddings.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from a Germanic personal name beginning with the element gÄ“r, gÄr ‘spear’ (see Geary 2).Probably an Americanized spelling of German Gehring.
Boy/Male
English
Son of Reed.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : of uncertain origin; perhaps a variant of Weldon.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained.
Surname or Lastname
English (Avon)
English (Avon) : unexplained; possibly a variant of Melling.
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, British, English
Son of the Red-haired
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Feering, a village in Essex, named from the Old English personal name Fēra + -ingas ‘people of’, i.e. ‘(settlement of) Fēra’s people’.Americanized spelling of German Viering, a topographic name for someone from a swampy area, from a derivative of Germanic vir ‘bog’, ‘swamp’, or a variant of Fehring 2.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Reading.Dutch and German : variant of Redding 2.
LEADING LIGHTS
LEADING LIGHTS
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit
Heart
Boy/Male
Bengali, Indian
Wave
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Jain, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Tamil, Telugu
Lustrous; Water; Brightness
Boy/Male
Indian
Honor, Hold in honor
Male
English
Anglicized form of Hebrew Gaddiyel, GADDIEL means "God is my fortune." In the bible, this is the name of one of the twelve scouts sent by Moses to explore the Promised Land.
Boy/Male
Indian
The best, The chosen
Surname or Lastname
English
English : perhaps a variant of Crossland.
Girl/Female
French
Flower.
Boy/Male
Tamil
The Sun God, Another name for Surya
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Ambergris
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LEADING LIGHTS
LEADING LIGHTS
LEADING LIGHTS
LEADING LIGHTS
a.
Guiding; directing; controlling; foremost; as, a leading motive; a leading man; a leading example.
a.
Bending or leaning backward.
n.
An observation read from the scale of a graduated instrument; as, the reading of a barometer.
a.
Of or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading.
n.
That which lades or constitutes a load or cargo; freight; burden; as, the lading of a ship.
n.
The act, or state, of inclining; inclination; tendency; as, a leaning towards Calvinism.
n.
Study of books; literary scholarship; as, a man of extensive reading.
n.
The gross amount of the balances adjusted in the clearing house.
a.
Tending to cure; soothing; mollifying; as, the healing art; a healing salve; healing words.
n.
The act, power, or time of producing or giving birth; as, a tree in full bearing; a tree past bearing.
n.
The beads or bead-forming quality of certain liquors; as, the beading of a brand of whisky.
n.
Pulsation; throbbing; as, the beating of the heart.
n.
Improperly, the unsupported span; as, the beam has twenty feet of bearing between its supports.
n.
The act of gathering after reapers; that which is collected by gleaning.
n.
That which stands at the head; title; as, the heading of a paper.
n.
The act of loading.
a.
Addicted to reading; as, a reading community.
a.
Receiving its charge through the muzzle; as, a muzzle-loading rifle.
a.
Practicing plain dealing; artless. See Plain dealing, under Dealing.