·adj Having crooked legs, ·esp. with the knees bent outward.
·vi To play with bowls. II. Bowl ·noun The game of tenpins or bowling. III. Bowl ·vt To roll, as a...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
The sockets of the lamps of the golden candlestick of the tabernacle are called bowls (Ex. 25:31, 33...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
·adj Having (such or so many) legs; — used in composition; as, a long-legged man; a two-legged anim...
In Fleet Street. In Farringdon Ward Without (W. Stow, 1722). Not named in the maps. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Laid short of the jack by a colt bowler, i.e. a person raw or unexperienced in the art of bowling. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
·adj Having legs of unequal length, as the badger was thought to have. ...
·adj Having legs that bend inward at the knees. ...
·adj Having crooked legs. ...
·adj Noting a flight of stairs, consisting of two or more straight portions connected by a platform ...
·adj Having short legs, like a waddling duck; short-legged. ...
·adj Nimble; swift of foot. ...
·adj Having the feet so near together that they interfere in traveling. ...
·adj Having a conspicuous tuft of feathers on the legs. ...
·adj Having the legs covered with feathers; — said of a bird. ...
·adj Having long, slender legs. ...
Said of a vessel drawing much water. ♦ Long leggers, lean schooners. Longer than ordinary proporti...
The Sailor's Word-Book
South-west out of Houndsditch. In Portsoken Ward (O. and M. 1677-Dodsley, 1761). Seems to have been...
The gallows, formerly consisting of three posts, over which were laid three transverse beams. This c...