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.
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Leg (lg), v. t. To use as a leg, with it as object: (a) To bow. [Obs.]
(b) To run. [Low]
Leg"a*cy (lg"*s), n.; pl. Legacies (- sz). [L. (assumed) legatia, for
legatum, from legare to appoint by last will, to bequeath as a legacy,
to depute: cf. OF. legat legacy. See Legate.] 1. A gift of property by
will, esp. of money or personal property; a bequest. Also Fig.; as, a
legacy of dishonor or disease.
2. A business with which one is intrusted by another; a commission; --
obsolete, except in the phrases last legacy, dying legacy, and the
like.
My legacy and message wherefore I am sent into the world.
Tyndale.
He came and told his legacy.
Chapman.
Legacy duty, a tax paid to government on legacies. Wharton. -- Legacy
hunter, one who flatters and courts any one for the sake of a legacy.
Le"gal (l"gal), a. [L. legalis, fr. lex, legis, law; prob. orig., that
which lies or is fixed (cf. L. lectus bed), and if so akin to E. lie,
law: cf. F. légal. Cf. Lie to be prostrate, Loyal, Leal.] 1. Created
by, permitted by, in conformity with, or relating to, law; as, a legal
obligation; a legal standard or test; a legal procedure; a legal claim;
a legal trade; anything is legal which the laws do not forbid.
2. (Theol.) (a) According to the law of works, as distinguished from
free grace; or resting on works for salvation. (b) According to the old
or Mosaic dispensation; in accordance with the law of Moses.
3. (Law) Governed by the rules of law as distinguished from the rules
of equity; as, legal estate; legal assets. Bouvier. Burrill.
Legal cap. See under Cap. -- Legal tender. (a) The act of tendering in
the performance of a contract or satisfaction of a claim that which the
law prescribes or permits, and at such time and place as the law
prescribes or permits. (b) That currency, or money, which the law
authorizes a debtor to tender and requires a creditor to receive. It
differs in different countries.
Syn. -- Lawful; constitutional; legitimate; licit; authorized. See
Lawful.
Le"gal*ism (l"gal*z'm), n. Strictness, or the doctrine of strictness,
in conforming to law.
Le"gal*ist, n. One who practices or advocates strict conformity to law;
in theology, one who holds to the law of works. See Legal, 2 (a).
Le*gal"i*ty (l*gl"*t), n. [Cf. LL. legalitas, F. légalité. Cf.
Loyalty.] 1. The state or quality of being legal; conformity to law.