leg : Idioms & Phrases

• (Naut.), a course sailed on a tack which is near the desired course.

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• noun the leg of an animal
  

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• noun a leg bowed outward at the knee (or below the knee)
  bandy leg; bowleg; tibia vara; bandyleg; genu varum; bow leg.
  

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• noun outward curvature of the legs
  bandy legs; bow leg.
  
• noun a leg bowed outward at the knee (or below the knee)
  bandy leg; bowleg; tibia vara; bandyleg; genu varum; bow leg.
  

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• (Med.), a species of elephantiasis incident to hot climates. Barbados nuts, the seeds of the Jatropha curcas, a plant growing in South America and elsewhere. The seeds and their acrid oil are used in medicine as a purgative. See Physic nut.

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• noun outward curvature of the legs
  bandy legs; bow leg.
  
• noun a leg bowed outward at the knee (or below the knee)
  bandy leg; bowleg; tibia vara; bandyleg; genu varum; bow leg.
  

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• noun outward curvature of the legs
  bandy legs; bow leg.
  
• noun a leg bowed outward at the knee (or below the knee)
  bandy leg; bowleg; tibia vara; bandyleg; genu varum; bow leg.
  

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• noun the lower joint of the leg of a chicken
  chicken drumstick.
  

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• noun legs of especially Alaska king crabs
  

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• noun a gymnastic exercise performed on the pommel horse when the gymnast (with legs together) swings his legs in a circle while alternating hands on the pommels
  

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• the boxes in which the upper pulley, belt, and lower pulley, respectively, run in a grain elevator.

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• (Med.), a variety of bandy leg, associated with partial dislocation of the tibia, produced in young children by working in factories.

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• . (Zoöl.) See Proleg.

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• one of the front legs of a quadruped, or multiped, or of a chair, settee, etc.

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• noun hind legs of frogs used as food; resemble chicken and cooked as chicken
  

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• noun the back limb of a quadruped
  

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• escape from custody by flight. Slang

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• noun a bone of the leg
  

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• noun a garment covering the leg (usually extending from the knee to the ankle)
  legging; leging.
  

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• noun an exercise designed to strengthen the flexor muscles of the leg
  leg curl.
  

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• noun an exercise designed to strengthen the flexor muscles of the leg
  leg curl.
  

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• noun exercise designed to strengthen the leg muscles
  

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• noun an exercise designed to strengthen the extensor muscles of the leg
  

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• verb walk
  foot; hoof; hoof it.
  
  • let's hoof it to the disco

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• noun lamb leg suitable for roasting
  gigot.
  

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• noun as a joke: trying to make somebody believe something that is not true
  leg-pull.
  

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• noun as a joke: trying to make somebody believe something that is not true
  leg-pull.
  

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• 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.

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• (or other curve) (Geom.), the branches of the curve which extend outward indefinitely.

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• noun long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons
  longlegs; stilt; stiltbird; stilt plover; Himantopus stilt.
  

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• noun painful thrombosis of the femoral vein in the leg following childbirth
  milk leg; phlegmasia alba dolens.
  

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• (Med.), a swollen condition of the leg, usually in puerperal women, caused by an inflammation of veins, and characterized by a white appearance occasioned by an accumulation of serum and sometimes of pus in the cellular tissue.

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• noun caliper having the points on its legs both curve in the same direction
  

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• at, or near, the end of one's resources; hence, on the verge of failure or ruin, especially in a financial sense. Colloq.

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• standing to speak.

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• . See under Last.

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• noun the leg of a pair of trousers
  pant leg.
  

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Puff"-leg` noun

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1. (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of beautiful humming birds of the genus Eriocnemis having large tufts of downy feathers on the legs.

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• verb subject to a playful hoax or joke
  hoax; play a joke on.
  

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• verb tell false information to for fun
  kid.
  
  • Are you pulling my leg?

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• noun feeling of uneasiness and restlessness in the legs after going to bed (sometimes causing insomnia); may be relieved temporarily by walking or moving the legs
  restless legs; Ekbom syndrome.
  

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• noun feeling of uneasiness and restlessness in the legs after going to bed (sometimes causing insomnia); may be relieved temporarily by walking or moving the legs
  restless legs; Ekbom syndrome.
  

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Sea" legs`

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1. Legs able to maintain their possessor upright in stormy weather at sea, that is, ability stand or walk steadily on deck when a vessel is rolling or pitching in a rough sea. Sailor's Cant Totten.

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Thou"sand legs`

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1. (Zoöl.) A millepid, or galleyworm; -- called also thousand-legged worm.

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• (Naut.), to have speed. also, to have endurance, to continue longer than usual,

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• to dine with him. Slang

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• to support one's self; to be independent.

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• noun the leg of a pair of trousers
  pant leg.
  

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• noun the lower joint of the leg of a turkey
  turkey drumstick.
  

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Wa"ter leg`

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1. (Steam Boilers) See Leg, 7.

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• noun painful thrombosis of the femoral vein in the leg following childbirth
  milk leg; phlegmasia alba dolens.
  

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• (Med.), milk leg. See under Milk.

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• noun a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg
  pegleg; peg; leg.
  

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