Part 6448

<blockquote>Rightward and <b>leftward</b> rise the rocks. <i>Southey.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Leful</h1> <Xpage=840>

<hw>Le"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>See <er>Leveful</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Leg</h1> <Xpage=840>

<hw>Leg</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Icel. <ets>leggr</ets>; akin to Dan. <ets>l\'91g</ets> calf of the leg, Sw. <ets>l\'84gg</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which resembles a leg in form or use; especially, any long and slender support on which any object rests; <as>as, the <ex>leg</ex> of a table; the <ex>leg</ex> of pair of compasses or dividers.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The part of any article of clothing which covers the leg; <as>as, the <ex>leg</ex> of a stocking or of a pair of trousers</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A bow, esp. in the phrase <i>to make a leg</i>; probably from drawing the leg backward in bowing.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>He that will give a cap and make a <b>leg</b> in thanks for a favor he never received. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A disreputable sporting character; a blackleg.</def> <mark>[Slang, Eng.]</mark>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>The course and distance made by a vessel on one tack or between tacks.</def>

<p><b>7.</b> <fld>(Steam Boiler)</fld> <def>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 <altname>water leg</altname>.</def>

<p><b>8.</b> <fld>(Grain Elevator)</fld> <def>The case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets.</def>

<p><b>9.</b> <fld>(Cricket)</fld> <def>A fielder whose position is on the outside, a little in rear of the batter.</def>

<cs><col>A good leg</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a course sailed on a tack which is near the desired course.</cd> -- <col>Leg bail</col>, <cd>escape from custody by flight.</cd> <mark>[Slang]</mark> -- <col>Legs of an hyperbola</col> (or other curve) <fld>(Geom.)</fld>, <cd>the branches of the curve which extend outward indefinitely.</cd> -- <col>Legs of a triangle</col>, <cd>the sides of a triangle; -- a name seldom used unless one of the sides is first distinguished by some appropriate term; <as>as, the hypothenuse and two <ex>legs</ex> of a right-angled triangle</as>.</cd> <col>On one's legs</col>, <cd>standing to speak.</cd> -- <col>One's last legs</col>. <cd>See under <er>Last</er>.</cd> -- <col>To have legs</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>to have speed.</cd><-- also, to have endurance, to continue longer than usual, --> -- <col>To stand on one's own legs</col>, to support one's self; to be independent.

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<h1>Leg</h1> <Xpage=841>

<hw>Leg</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To use as a leg, with <i>it</i> as object: <sd>(a)</sd> To bow. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <sd>(b)</sd> To run</def> <mark></mark>

<h1>Legacy</h1> <Xpage=841>

<hw>Leg"a*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl.<plw>Legacies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. (assumed) <ets>legatia</ets>, for <ets>legatum</ets>, from <ets>legare</ets> to appoint by last will, to bequeath as a legacy, to depute: cf. OF. <ets>legat</ets> legacy. See <er>Legate</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A gift of property by will, esp. of money or personal property; a bequest. Also Fig.; <as>as, a <ex>legacy</ex> of dishonor or disease</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A business with which one is intrusted by another; a commission; -- obsolete, except in the phrases <i>last legacy</i>, <i>dying legacy</i>, and the like.</def>

<blockquote>My <b>legacy</b> and message wherefore I am sent into the world. <i>Tyndale.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>He came and told his <b>legacy</b>. <i>Chapman.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Legacy duty</col>, <cd>a tax paid to government on legacies. <i>Wharton</i>.</cd> -- <col>Legacy hunter</col>, <cd>one who flatters and courts any one for the sake of a legacy.</cd></cs><-- related to gold-digger (latter for any riches, not just a legacy) -->

<h1>Legal</h1> <Xpage=841>

<hw>Le"gal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>legalis</ets>, fr. <ets>lex</ets>, <ets>legis</ets>, law; prob. orig., that which lies or is fixed (cf. L. <ets>lectus</ets> bed), and if so akin to E. <ets>lie</ets>, <ets>law</ets>: cf. F. <ets>l\'82gal</ets>. Cf. <er>Lie</er> to be prostrate, <er>Loyal</er>, <er>Leal</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Created by, permitted by, in conformity with, or relating to, law; <as>as, a <ex>legal</ex> obligation; a <ex>legal</ex> standard or test; a <ex>legal</ex> procedure; a <ex>legal</ex> claim; a <ex>legal</ex> trade; anything is <ex>legal</ex> which the laws do not forbid</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Theol.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>According to the law of works, as distinguished from free grace; or resting on works for salvation.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>According to the old or Mosaic dispensation; in accordance with the law of Moses</def>