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  • English Word Left-handiness Definition The state or quality of being left-handed; awkwardness.
  • English Word Left-off Definition Laid aside; cast-off.
  • English Word Leftward Definition Toward or on the left side.
  • English Word Leful Definition See Leveful.
  • English Word Leg Definition 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.
  • English Word Leg Definition 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.
  • English Word Leg Definition The part of any article of clothing which covers the leg; as, the leg of a stocking or of a pair of trousers.
  • English Word Leg Definition A bow, esp. in the phrase to make a leg; probably from drawing the leg backward in bowing.
  • English Word Leg Definition A disreputable sporting character; a blackleg.
  • English Word Leg Definition The course and distance made by a vessel on one tack or between tacks.
  • English Word Leg Definition 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.
  • English Word Leg Definition The case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets.
  • English Word Leg Definition A fielder whose position is on the outside, a little in rear of the batter.
  • English Word Leg Definition To use as a leg, with it as object
  • English Word Leg Definition To bow.
  • English Word Leg Definition To run.
  • English Word Legacies Definition of Legacy
  • English Word Legacy Definition A gift of property by will, esp. of money or personal property; a bequest. Also Fig.; as, a legacy of dishonor or disease.
  • English Word Legacy Definition A business with which one is intrusted by another; a commission; -- obsolete, except in the phrases last legacy, dying legacy, and the like.
  • English Word Legal Definition 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.
  • English Word Legal Definition According to the law of works, as distinguished from free grace; or resting on works for salvation.
  • English Word Legal Definition According to the old or Mosaic dispensation; in accordance with the law of Moses.
  • English Word Legal Definition Governed by the rules of law as distinguished from the rules of equity; as, legal estate; legal assets.
  • English Word Legalism Definition Strictness, or the doctrine of strictness, in conforming to law.
  • English Word Legalist Definition One who practices or advocates strict conformity to law; in theology, one who holds to the law of works. See Legal, 2 (a).
  • English Word Legality Definition The state or quality of being legal; conformity to law.
  • English Word Legality Definition A conformity to, and resting upon, the letter of the law.
  • English Word Legalization Definition The act of making legal.
  • English Word Legalize Definition To make legal.
  • English Word Legalize Definition To interpret or apply in a legal spirit.