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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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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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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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A bow, esp. in the phrase to make a leg; probably from drawing
the leg backward in bowing. |
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A disreputable sporting character; a blackleg. |
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The course and distance made by a vessel on one tack or
between tacks. |
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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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The case containing the lower part of the belt which carries
the buckets. |
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A fielder whose position is on the outside, a little in rear
of the batter. |
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To use as a leg, with it as object |
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To bow. |
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To run. |