Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Leg \Leg\ (l[e^]g), n. [Icel. leggr; akin to Dan. l[ae]g calf of
the leg, Sw. l["a]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.
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.
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.) The course and distance made by a vessel on one
tack or between tacks.
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}.
8. (Grain Elevator) The case containing the lower part of the
belt which carries the buckets.
9. (Cricket) 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.
{On one's last legs}. See under {Last}.
{To have legs} (Naut.), to have speed.
Leg \Leg\ (l[e^]g), v. t.
To use as a leg, with it as object:
(a) To bow. [Obs.]
(b) To run. [Low]
Leg \Leg\, n.
1. (Math.) Either side of a triangle of a triangle as
distinguished from the base or, in a right triangle, from
the hypotenuse; also, an indefinitely extending branch of
a curve, as of a hyperbola.
2. (Telephony) A branch or lateral circuit connecting an
instrument with the main line.
3. (Elec.) A branch circuit; one phase of a polyphase system.
Source : WordNet®
leg
n 1: a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but
technically only the part 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"; "they took the south fork" [syn: {branch},
{fork}, {ramification}]
5: the limb of an animal used for food
6: a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg [syn: {peg}, {wooden
leg}, {pegleg}]
7: cloth covering consisting of the part of a garment that
covers the 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}]