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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
leg
n 1: a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but
technically only the part of the limb between the knee and
ankle
2: a structure in animals that is similar to a human leg and
used for locomotion
3: one of the supports for a piece of furniture
4: a part of a forked or branching shape; "he broke off one of
the branches" [syn: branch, leg, ramification]
5: the limb of an animal used for food
6: a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg [syn: peg, wooden
leg, leg, pegleg]
7: a cloth covering consisting of the part of a pair of trousers
that covers a person's leg
8: (nautical) the distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a
single tack
9: a section or portion of a journey or course; "then we
embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise" [syn:
stage, leg]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Leg \Leg\ (l[e^]g), n. [Icel. leggr; akin to Dan. l[ae]g calf of
the leg, Sw. l[aum]gg.]
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.
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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 a pair of compasses or
dividers.
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3. The part of any article of clothing which covers the leg;
as, the leg of a stocking or of a pair of trousers.
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4. A bow, esp. in the phrase to make a leg; probably from
drawing the leg backward in bowing. [Obs.]
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He that will give a cap and make a leg in thanks for
a favor he never received. --Fuller.
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5. A disreputable sporting character; a blackleg. [Slang,
Eng.]
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6. (Naut.) The course and distance made by a vessel on one
tack or between tacks.
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7. (Steam Boiler) 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.
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8. (Grain Elevator) The case containing the lower part of the
belt which carries the buckets.
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9. (Cricket) A fielder whose position is on the outside, a
little in rear of the batter.
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10. (Math.) Either side of a triangle distinguished from the
base or, in a right triangle, from the hypotenuse; also,
an indefinitely extending branch of a curve, as of a
hyperbola.
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11. (Telephony) A branch or lateral circuit connecting an
instrument with the main line.
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12. (Elec.) A branch circuit; one phase of a polyphase
system.
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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.
On 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.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Leg \Leg\ (l[e^]g), v. t.
To use as a leg, with it as object:
(a) To bow. [Obs.]
(b) To run. [Low]
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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