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• leg-bail

  Dishonest desertion from duty. The phrase is not confined to its nautical bearing. ...

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• Bail

  ·noun Custody; keeping. II. Bail ·noun A certain limit within a forest. III. Bail ·noun A division...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• bail

  I. n. «A framework for securing the head ofa cow while she is milked.» (`O.E.D.') This word, mark...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• bail

  (Fr. baille.) The handle of a pail, bucket, or kettle.--Forby's Glossary. A common word throughout N...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• bail

  A surety. The cargo of a captured or detained vessel is not allowed to be taken on bail before adjud...

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• Leg

  ·vt To <<Bow>>. II. Leg ·vt To <<Run>>. III. Leg ·vt To use as a leg, with it as object. IV. Leg ...

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• leg

  To make a leg; to bow. To give leg-bail and land security; to run away. To fight at the leg; to take...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• leg

  n. mining term. a peculiar form ofquartz-reef, forming a nearly vertical prolongation of thesaddle....

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• leg

  The run made on a single tack. Long and short legs (see tack and half-tack). ...

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• Bail bond

  ·- Special bail in court to abide the judgment. II. Bail bond ·- A bond or obligation given by a pr...

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• buck bail

  Bail given by a sharper for one of the gang. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• jew bail

  Insufficient bail: commonly Jews, who for a sum of money will bail any action whatsoever, and justif...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• queer bail

  Insolvent sharpers, who make a profession of bailing persons arrested: they are generally styled Jew...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• bail up

  v. 1) To secure the head of a cow in abail for milking. 2) By transference, to stop travellers in ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• bail-bond

  The obligation entered into by sureties. Also when a person appears as proxy for the master of a ves...

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• Leg bridge

  ·add. ·- A type of bridge for small spans in which the floor girders are rigidly secured at their ex...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Puff-leg

  ·noun Any one of numerous species of beautiful humming birds of the genus Eriocnemis having large tu...

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• Water leg

  ·- ·see <<Leg>>, 7. ...

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• Leg Tavern

  On the north side of Fleet Street, in Farringdon Ward Without (Rocque, 1746). Site rebuilt, now occ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• hind leg

  To kick out a hind leg; to make a rustic bow. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• jury leg

  A wooden leg: allusion to a jury mast, which is a temporary substitute for a mast carried away by a ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• black-leg

  The common term here and in England for a gambler. ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• game leg

  A lame leg. A term not peculiar to America. ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• game-leg

  a lame leg. N. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• game-leg

  A lame limb, but not so bad as to unfit for duty. ...

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• keel leg

  Means any anchor; as, "she has come to a keelock." ...

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• leg along

  Ropes laid on end, ready for manning. ...

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• Leg-of-mutton

  ·add. ·adj Having the general shape or outline of a leg of mutton; as, a leg-of-mutton, or shoulder-...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Bandy Leg Alley

  By Fleet Ditch. In Farringdon Ward Without (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Golden Leg Court

  South out of Cheapside at No. 66, between Bow Lane and Queen Street, in Cheap Ward (Elmes, 1831). F...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Three Leg Alley

  1) West out of Bishopsgate Street, in Bishopsgate Ward Without, near Bethlem Churchyard (Strype, ed....

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Two Leg Alley

  In Old Bethlehem (W. Stow, 1722-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• show a leg!

  An exclamation from the boatswain's mate, or master-at-arms, for people to show that they are awake ...

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• Leg and Ball Alley

  South out of London Wall, in parish of All Hallows, London Wall, in Broad Street Ward. Broad Street...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Three Leg Court, Yard

  East out of Whitecross Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Elmes, 1831). Site now o...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• straight as a loon's leg

  is a common simile in New England. They were puzzled with the accounts; but I saw through it in a m...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.