Part of a journey or body

June 2024 · 2 minute read
•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.•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.•The part of any article of clothing which covers the leg; as, the leg of a stocking or of a pair of trousers.•A bow, esp. in the phrase to make a leg; probably from drawing the leg backward in bowing.•A disreputable sporting character; a blackleg.•The course and distance made by a vessel on one tack or between tacks.•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.•The case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets.•A fielder whose position is on the outside, a little in rear of the batter.•To use as a leg, with it as object•To bow.•To run.

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