See cat-harpings
(See angle.) A fast-sailing vessel is said to have legs. ♦ Legs are used in cutters, yachts, &c., ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·- Legs able to maintain their possessor upright in stormy weather at sea, that is, ability stand or...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·- A millepid, or galleyworm; — called also thousand-legged worm. ...
In Cannon Street, 1655 (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 201). Not named in the maps. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Short legs. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Thick legs, jocularly styled the Irish arms. It is said of the Irish women, that they have a dispens...
n. name given to a millipede, Cermatia smithii. ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
A name in the north for large herrings. ...
Implies the power to walk steadily on a ship's decks, notwithstanding her pitching or rolling. ...
A tall long-legged man; also a giant, said to be buried in Weston church, near Baldock, in Hertfords...
a clasp knife. N. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
See over-masted. ...
Small lines through the bolt-ropes of the courses, above a foot in length, and spliced at either end...