leg : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: leg	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for leg
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
leg n a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle a structure in animals that is similar to a human leg and used for locomotion one of the supports for a piece of furniture a part of a forked or branching shape; "he broke off one of the branches" Synonym(s): branch, leg, ramification the limb of an animal used for food a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg Synonym(s): peg, wooden leg, leg, pegleg a cloth covering consisting of the part of a pair of trousers that covers a person's leg (nautical) the distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack a section or portion of a journey or course; "then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise" Synonym(s): stage, leg
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leg \Leg\ (l[ecr]g), v. t. To use as a leg, with it as object: (a) To bow. [Obs.] (b) To run. [Low]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leg \Leg\ (l[ecr]g), n. [Icel. leggr; akin to Dan. l[91]g calf of the leg, Sw. l[84]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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elevator \El"eva`tor\, n. [L., one who raises up, a deliverer: cf. F. [82]l[82]vateur.] One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything; as: (a) A mechanical contrivance, usually an endless belt or chain with a series of scoops or buckets, for transferring grain to an upper loft for storage. (b) A cage or platform and the hoisting machinery in a hotel, warehouse, mine, etc., for conveying persons, goods, etc., to or from different floors or levels; -- called in England a lift; the cage or platform itself. (c) A building for elevating, storing, and discharging, grain. (d) (Anat.) A muscle which serves to raise a part of the body, as the leg* or the eye. (e) (Surg.) An instrument for raising a depressed portion of a bone. {Elevator head}, {leg}, [and] {boot}, the boxes in which the upper pulley, belt, and lower pulley, respectively, run in a grain elevator.