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• Along

  ·adv In company; together. II. Along ·- (Now heard only in the ·prep phrase along of.). III. Along...

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• along

  [Saxon]. Lengthwise. ♦ Alongside, by the side of a ship; side by side. ♦ Lying along, when the...

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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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• Come-along

  ·add. ·noun A gripping device, as for stretching wire, ·etc., consisting of two jaws so attached to ...

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• boom along

  To move rapidly. A sea term. A ship is said to boom along when under full sail. You're right in the...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• bowling-along

  Going with a free wind. ...

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• down along

  Sailing coastways down Channel. ...

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• laying or lying along

  Pressed down sideways by a stiff gale. ...

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• light along!

  Lend assistance in hauling cables, hawsers, or large ropes along, and lifting some parts in a requir...

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• lying along

  See laying along. ...

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• up along

  Sailing from the mouth of the channel upwards. ...

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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...

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• 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. ...

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• leg bail

  To give leg bail, is to run away.--Grose. Sae weel's he'd fley the student's a', Whan they were sk...

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• game-leg

  a lame leg. N. ...

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• 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-bail

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

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• lie along, to

  (See along.) A ship is said to lie along when she leans over with a side wind. ♦ To lie along the ...

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• moor along, to

  To anchor in a river with a hawser on shore to steady her. ...

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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-...

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• 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....

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• Two Leg Alley

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

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• 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...

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• Three Leg Court, Yard

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

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• stretch along a brace, to

  To lay it along the decks in readiness for the men to lay hold of; called manning it. ...

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• 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.