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n crane fly. Not to be confused with the American “daddy long-legs,” which refers to a whole order, Opiliones, also called harvestmen on both sides of the Atlantic.
Legs (especially a woman’s)
Jack of legs is British slang for a tall, long−legged man.
Legs is British slang for eleven.
Legs (especially a woman’s)
Legs eleven is bingo slang for the number eleven.
PUT ONE'S LEGS UNDER SOME ONE'S MAHOGANY
To put one's legs under some one's mahogany is slang for to dine with some one.
Corned beef legs is British slang for red, bloychy legs.
All arms and legs is slang for weak beer.
Lucky legs is British slang for thin legs.
Noun. Legs with mottled, blotchy skin, reminiscent of the meat, corn beef.
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Having feet or legs formed for leaping.
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Any one of numerous species of large parasitic mites which attach themselves to, and suck the blood of, cattle, dogs, and many other animals. When filled with blood they become ovate, much swollen, and usually livid red in color. Some of the species often attach themselves to the human body. The young are active and have at first but six legs.
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A stool or other thing supported by three legs; a trivet.
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Any one of several species of large hawks of the genus Archibuteo, having the legs feathered to the toes. Called also rough-legged hawk, and rough-legged buzzard.
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Close-fitting garments, especially for the lower part of the body and the legs.
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A piece of thick, nappy fabric, commonly made of wool, -- used for various purposes, as for covering and ornamenting part of a bare floor, for hanging in a doorway as a potiere, for protecting a portion of carpet, for a wrap to protect the legs from cold, etc.
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Chopped meat, bread, etc., used to stuff legs of veal or other joints; stuffing; farce.
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The second, or middle, region of the body of a crustacean, arachnid, or other articulate animal. In the case of decapod Crustacea, some writers include under the term thorax only the three segments bearing the maxillipeds; others include also the five segments bearing the legs. See Illust. in Appendix.
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An order of tailed aquatic amphibians, including Siren and Pseudobranchus. They have anterior legs only, are eel-like in form, and have no teeth except a small patch on the palate. The external gills are persistent through life.
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A division of shrimplike Thoracostraca in which each of the thoracic legs has a long fringed upper branch (exopodite) for swimming.
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A muscle of the thigh, called the tailor's muscle, which arises from the hip bone and is inserted just below the knee. So named because its contraction was supposed to produce the position of the legs assumed by the tailor in sitting.
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A movable frame or support for anything, as scaffolding, consisting of three or four legs secured to a top piece, and forming a sort of stool or horse, used by carpenters, masons, and other workmen; also, a kind of framework of strong posts or piles, and crossbeams, for supporting a bridge, the track of a railway, or the like.
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Any one of numerous species of scaraboid beetles belonging to Scarabaeus, Copris, Phanaeus, and allied genera. The female lays her eggs in a globular mass of dung which she rolls by means of her hind legs to a burrow excavated in the earth in which she buries it.
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The step of a ladder; a rundle or rung; also, a crosspiece which joins and braces the legs of a chair.
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A small breed of dogs having a long body and short crooked legs. These dogs were formerly much used for turning a spit on which meat was roasting.
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Having the legs covered with feathers; -- said of a bird.
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To form in a lathe; to shape or fashion (anything) by applying a cutting tool to it while revolving; as, to turn the legs of stools or tables; to turn ivory or metal.
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That segment of the body of an insect which is between the head and abdomen, and bears the wings and legs; the thorax; the truncus.
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