Russian-English translations for жи́ла

• lead
  This copy has too much lead; I prefer less space between the lines
  They pumped him full of lead
  continuous firing leads the grooves of a rifle
• lead/translations
• lode
• strand
  Grand Strand
  Jones pops up; thats going to strand a pair.
  strand of spaghetti
• tendon
• vein
  in the same vein
  The play is in a satirical vein