·adj Having a conspicuous tuft of feathers on the legs.
·adj Puffed up; vain. II. Puff ·noun a kind of light pastry. III. Puff ·noun Anything light and fi...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
One who bids at auctions, not with an intent to buy, but only to raise the price of the lot; for whi...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
A sudden gust of wind. A whistle of steam. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·adj Having (such or so many) legs; — used in composition; as, a long-legged man; a two-legged anim...
·noun Any one of numerous species of beautiful humming birds of the genus Eriocnemis having large tu...
A fat man. ...
·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 Having crooked legs, ·esp. with the knees bent outward. ...
·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 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 gallows, formerly consisting of three posts, over which were laid three transverse beams. This c...