Definition of leg

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Leg (n.) A bow, esp. in the phrase to make a leg; probably from drawing the leg backward in bowing..

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Prosecute :: Prosecute (v. i.) To institute and carry on a legal prosecution; as, to prosecute for public offenses..
Sapan Wood :: Sapan wood () A dyewood yielded by Caesalpinia Sappan, a thorny leguminous tree of Southern Asia and the neighboring islands. It is the original Brazil wood..
Prestidigitator :: Prestidigitator (n.) One skilled in legerdemain or sleight of hand; a juggler.
Delicate :: Delicate (a.) Pleasing to the senses; refinedly agreeable; hence, adapted to please a nice or cultivated taste; nice; fine; elegant; as, a delicate dish; delicate flavor..
Solon :: Solon (n.) A celebrated Athenian lawmaker, born about 638 b. c.; hence, a legislator; a publicist; -- often used ironically..
Rest-harrow :: Rest-harrow (n.) A European leguminous plant (Ononis arvensis) with long, tough roots..
Oblige :: Oblige (v. t.) To constrain by physical, moral, or legal force; to put under obligation to do or forbear something..
Telotype :: Telotype (n.) An electric telegraph which prints the messages in letters and not in signs.
Astragalus :: Astragalus (n.) A genus of papilionaceous plants, of the tribe Galegeae, containing numerous species, two of which are called, in English, milk vetch and licorice vetch. Gum tragacanth is obtained from different oriental species, particularly the A. gummifer and A. verus..
Hind :: Hind (a.) In the rear; -- opposed to front; of or pertaining to the part or end which follows or is behind, in opposition to the part which leads or is before; as, the hind legs or hind feet of a quadruped; the hind man in a procession..
Bimetallism :: Bimetallism (n.) The legalized use of two metals (as gold and silver) in the currency of a country, at a fixed relative value; -- in opposition to monometallism..
Assembly :: Assembly (n.) A company of persons collected together in one place, and usually for some common purpose, esp. for deliberation and legislation, for worship, or for social entertainment..
Alibi :: Alibi (n.) The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove that he was in another place when the alleged act was committed; as, to set up an alibi; to prove an alibi..
Concubinage :: Concubinage (n.) The cohabiting of a man and a woman who are not legally married; the state of being a concubine.
Euphuist :: Euphuist (n.) One who affects excessive refinement and elegance of language; -- applied esp. to a class of writers, in the age of Elizabeth, whose productions are marked by affected conceits and high-flown diction..
Heteromerous :: Heteromerous (a.) Having the femoral artery developed as the principal artery of the leg; -- said of certain birds, as the cotingas and pipras..
Statute :: Statute (n.) An act of the legislature of a state or country, declaring, commanding, or prohibiting something; a positive law; the written will of the legislature expressed with all the requisite forms of legislation; -- used in distinction fraom common law. See Common law, under Common, a..
Symphyseal :: Symphyla (n. pl.) An order of small apterous insects having an elongated body, with three pairs of thoracic and about nine pairs of abdominal legs. They are, in many respects, intermediate between myriapods and true insects..
Calamistrum :: Calamistrum (n.) A comblike structure on the metatarsus of the hind legs of certain spiders (Ciniflonidae), used to curl certain fibers in the construction of their webs..
Trade Union :: Trade union () An organized combination among workmen for the purpose of maintaining their rights, privileges, and interests with respect to wages, hours of labor, customs, etc..
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