- french leg
- noun
Usage: usually capitalized F: a cabriole leg that is light in construction and terminates without enlargement or with a slight bulk above the foot
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
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leg|a|cy — «LEHG uh see», noun, plural cies. 1. money or other property left to a person by the will of someone who has died; bequest: »The two sisters got all their brother had which amounted to a legacy of several thousand dollars. SYNONYM(S): inheritance … Useful english dictionary
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leg|ate — «LEHG iht», noun. 1. a representative of the Pope: »The Lord Cardinal Pole, sent here as legate From our most Holy Father Julius, Pope (Tennyson). 2. an ambassador or representative; messenger: »the legates from Utrecht (John L. Motley). 3. in… … Useful english dictionary
leg|end — «LEHJ uhnd», noun. 1. a story coming down from the past, which many people have believed: »The stories about King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table are legends, not history. Listen to this Indian Legend, To this Song of Hiawatha… … Useful english dictionary
leg|er|de|main — «LEHJ uhr duh MAYN», noun. 1. sleight of hand; conjuring tricks; jugglery: »A common trick of legerdemain is to take rabbits from an apparently empty hat. SYNONYM(S): prestidigitation. 2. Figurative. trickery; deception; … Useful english dictionary
leg|i|tim — «LEHJ uhtihm», noun. Civil and Scots Law. the portion of the estate of a deceased person to which his children are legally entitled. ╂[< Old French legitime, learned borrowing from Latin lēgitimus lawful < lēx, lēgis law] … Useful english dictionary
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french foot — noun Usage: usually capitalized 1st F 1. : a hosiery foot used in full fashioned stockings in which the back seam of the leg is continued through the middle of the sole compare english foot 2. : french bracket foot * * * Furniture. 1. Also called … Useful english dictionary