\Leg\ (l[e^]g), n. [Icel. leggr; akin to Dan. l[ae]g calf of
the leg, Sw. l["a]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.
{To stand on one's own legs}, to support one's self; to be
   independent.

\Leg\ (l[e^]g), v. t.
To use as a leg, with it as object:
(a) To bow. [Obs.]
(b) To run. [Low]

\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.