6. (Naut.)
Defn: The course and distance made by a vessel on one tack or between tacks.
7. (Steam Boiler)
Defn: An extension of the boiler downward, in the form of a narrow space between vertical plates, sometimes nearly surrounding the furnace and ash pit, and serving to support the boiler; — called also water leg.
8. (Grain Elevator)
Defn: The case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets.
9. (Cricket)
Defn: A fielder whose position is on the outside, a little in rear of the batter. A good leg (Naut.), a course sailed on a tack which is near the desired course. — Leg bail, escape from custody by flight. [Slang] — Legs of an hyperbola (or other curve) (Geom.), the branches of the curve which extend outward indefinitely. — Legs of a triangle, the sides of a triangle; — a name seldom used unless one of the sides is first distinguished by some appropriate term; as, the hypothenuse and two legs of a right-angled triangle. On one's legs, standing to speak. — One's last legs. See under Last. — To have legs (Naut.), to have speed. — To stand on one's own legs, to support one's self; to be independent.
LEG
Leg, v. t.
Defn: To use as a leg, with it as object: (a) To bow. [Obs.] (b) To run [Low]