Definition of "leg" []

• A limb or an appendage of an animal, used for locomotion or support. (noun)
• One of the lower or hind limbs in humans and primates. (noun)
• The part of the limb between the knee and foot in vertebrates. (noun)
• The back part of the hindquarter of a meat animal. (noun)
• A supporting part resembling a leg in shape or function. (noun)

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• "Suppose we call a tail a leg (that is, "impose" the word ˜leg™ to include tails)."
• ""No, no," says Foote; "was I to stay any longer, you would not let me _have a leg to stand on_; for there is so _little wood_ in your house, that I am afraid one of your servants may light the fire with _my right leg_," which was his wooden one."
• "Papers were written for and against the tar-water and the restored leg, when a second letter arrived from the (pretended) country practitioner: -- "In my last I omitted to mention that the broken limb of the sailor was a _wooden leg_!""