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Webster 1913 Edition
Leg
Leg
(lĕg)
, Noun.
[Icel.
leggr
; akin to Dan. læg
calf of the leg, Sw. lägg
.] 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 trousers4.
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 hypotenuse and two
. legs
of a right-angled triangleOn 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
(lĕg)
, Verb.
T.
To use as a leg, with it as object
: (a)
To bow.
[Obs.]
(b)
To run.
[Low]
Webster 1828 Edition
Leg
LEG
,Noun.
1.
The limb of an animal, used in supporting the body and in walking and running; properly, that part of the limb from the knee to the foot, but in a more general sense, the whole limb, including the thigh, the leg and the foot.2.
The long or slender support of any thing; as the leg of a table.To make a leg, to bow; a phrase introduced probably by the practice of drawing the right leg backward. [Little used.]
To stand on one's own legs, to support one's self; to trust to one's own strength or efforts without aid.
Definition 2024
lég
lég
Hungarian
Noun
lég (plural légek or legek)
- air, atmosphere
- air-, aerial (in compound words)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | lég | légek |
| accusative | léget | légeket |
| dative | légnek | légeknek |
| instrumental | léggel | légekkel |
| causal-final | légért | légekért |
| translative | léggé | légekké |
| terminative | légig | légekig |
| essive-formal | légként | légekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | légben | légekben |
| superessive | légen | légeken |
| adessive | légnél | légeknél |
| illative | légbe | légekbe |
| sublative | légre | légekre |
| allative | léghez | légekhez |
| elative | légből | légekből |
| delative | légről | légekről |
| ablative | légtől | légektől |
| Possessive forms of lég | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | légem | — |
| 2nd person sing. | léged | — |
| 3rd person sing. | lége | — |
| 1st person plural | légünk | — |
| 2nd person plural | légetek | — |
| 3rd person plural | légük | — |
or
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | lég | legek |
| accusative | leget | legeket |
| dative | légnek | legeknek |
| instrumental | léggel | legekkel |
| causal-final | légért | legekért |
| translative | léggé | legekké |
| terminative | légig | legekig |
| essive-formal | légként | legekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | légben | legekben |
| superessive | légen | legeken |
| adessive | légnél | legeknél |
| illative | légbe | legekbe |
| sublative | légre | legekre |
| allative | léghez | legekhez |
| elative | légből | legekből |
| delative | légről | legekről |
| ablative | légtől | legektől |
| Possessive forms of lég | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | legem | — |
| 2nd person sing. | leged | — |
| 3rd person sing. | lege | — |
| 1st person plural | legünk | — |
| 2nd person plural | legetek | — |
| 3rd person plural | legük | — |
Derived terms
References
- ↑ Gábor Zaicz, Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete, Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, ISBN 963 7094 01 6