Leg

1. The part of any article of clothing which covers the leg; as, the leg of a stocking or of a pair of trousers.
2. To run.
3. A fielder whose position is on the outside, a little in rear of the batter.
4. The course and distance made by a vessel on one tack or between tacks.
5. To use as a leg, with it as object
6. That which resembles a leg in form or use; especially, any long and slender support on which any object rests; as, the leg of a table; the leg of a pair of compasses or dividers.
7. 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. The case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets.
9. A disreputable sporting character; a blackleg.
10. A bow, esp. in the phrase to make a leg; probably from drawing the leg backward in bowing.
11. To bow.
12. A limb or member of an animal used for supporting the body, and in running, climbing, and swimming; esp., that part of the limb between the knee and foot.