'To have legs' definitions:
Definition of 'To have legs'
From: GCIDE
- Leg \Leg\ (l[e^]g), n. [Icel. leggr; akin to Dan. l[ae]g calf of the leg, Sw. l[aum]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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The part of any article of clothing which covers the leg; as, the leg of a stocking or of a pair of trousers. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A bow, esp. in the phrase to make a leg; probably from drawing the leg backward in bowing. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- He that will give a cap and make a leg in thanks for a favor he never received. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
- 5. A disreputable sporting character; a blackleg. [Slang, Eng.] [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Naut.) The course and distance made by a vessel on one tack or between tacks. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 8. (Grain Elevator) The case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets. [1913 Webster]
- 9. (Cricket) A fielder whose position is on the outside, a little in rear of the batter. [1913 Webster]
- 10. (Math.) Either side of a triangle distinguished from the base or, in a right triangle, from the hypotenuse; also, an indefinitely extending branch of a curve, as of a hyperbola. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 11. (Telephony) A branch or lateral circuit connecting an instrument with the main line. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 12. (Elec.) A branch circuit; one phase of a polyphase system. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 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.
- To stand on one's own legs, to support one's self; to be independent. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'To have legs'
- Leg,
- Legged,
- Legging,
- leg it,
- legs,
- A good leg,
- Barbados leg,
- Elevator leg,
- Factory leg,
- False leg,
- Fore leg,
- Leg bail,
- Leg bridge,
- Leg stump,
- Legs of a triangle,
- Legs of an hyperbola,
- Milk leg,
- On one's legs,
- Sea legs,
- Thousand legs,
- Water leg,
- White leg,
- animal leg,
- bandy leg,
- bandy legs,
- bow leg,
- bow legs,
- chicken leg,
- crab legs,
- frog legs,
- hind leg,
- leg bone,
- leg covering,
- leg curl,
- leg curling,
- leg exercise,
- leg extensor,
- leg man,
- leg of lamb,
- pant leg,
- pull the leg of,
- restless legs,
- trouser leg,
- turkey leg,
- wooden leg,
- Badger-legged,
- Baker-legged,
- Bandy-legged,
- Bowl-legged,
- Duck-legged,
- Leg-of-mutton,
- Light-legged,
- Near-legged,
- On one's last legs,
- Puff-leg,
- Puff-legged,
- Rough-legged,
- Spindle-legged,
- To stand on one's own legs,
- bare-legged,
- cross-legged,
- dog-legged,
- double leg circle,
- leg-pull,
- leg-pulling,
- long-legged,
- long-legs,
- pull someone's leg,
- restless legs syndrome,
- straight-legged,
- three-legged,
- Long-legged plover,
- Red-legged crow,
- black-legged tick,
- odd-leg caliper,
- red-legged gull,
- red-legged partridge,
- rough-legged buzzard,
- rough-legged hawk,
- thousand-legged worm,
- yellow-legged plover,
- To put one's legs under some one's mahogany,
- hairy-legged vampire bat,
- western black-legged tick