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Pronunciation : Leg
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Icel. leggr; akin to Dan. l?g calf of the leg, Sw. l?gg.]
Definition : 1. A limb or member of an animal used for supporting the body, and in running, climbing, and swimming; esp., that part of the limb between the knee and foot.
2. That which resembles a leg in form or use; especially, any long and slender support on which any object rests; as, the leg of a table; the leg of pair of compasses or dividers.
3. The part of any article of clothing which covers the leg; as, the leg of a stocking or of a pair of trousers.
4. A bow, esp. in the phrase to make a leg; probably from drawing the leg backward in bowing. [Obs.] He that will give a cap and make a leg in thanks for a favor he never received. Fuller.
5. A disreputable sporting character; a blackleg. [Slang, Eng.]
6. (Naut.)
Defn: The course and distance made by a vessel on one tack or between tacks.
7. (Steam Boiler)
Defn: An extension of the boiler downward, in the form of a narrow space between vertical plates, sometimes nearly surrounding the furnace and ash pit, and serving to support the boiler; -- called also water leg.
8. (Grain Elevator)
Defn: The case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets.
9. (Cricket)
Defn: A fielder whose position is on the outside, a little in rear of the batter. A good leg (Naut.), a course sailed on a tack which is near the desired course. -- Leg bail, escape from custody by flight. [Slang] -- Legs of an hyperbola (or other curve) (Geom.), the branches of the curve which extend outward indefinitely. -- Legs of a triangle, the sides of a triangle; -- a name seldom used unless one of the sides is first distinguished by some appropriate term; as, the hypothenuse and two legs of a right-angled triangle. On one's legs, standing to speak. -- One's last legs. See under Last. -- To have legs (Naut.), to have speed. -- To stand on one's own legs, to support one's self; to be independent.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Leg
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To use as a leg, with it as object: (a) To bow. [Obs.] (b) To run [Low]
t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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