(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) The part of any article of clothing which covers the leg; as, the leg of a stocking or of a pair of trousers.
(n.) A bow, esp. in the phrase to make a leg; probably from drawing the leg backward in bowing.
(n.) A disreputable sporting character; a blackleg.
(n.) The course and distance made by a vessel on one tack or between tacks.
(n.) 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.
(n.) The case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets.
(n.) A fielder whose position is on the outside, a little in rear of the batter.
Example Sentences:
(1) Calcium alginate dressings have been used in the treatment of pressure ulcers and leg ulcers.
(2) Muscle weakness and atrophy were most marked in the distal parts of the legs, especially in the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles, and then spread to the thighs and gluteal muscles.
(3) The adaptive filter processor was tested for retrospective identification of artifacts in 20 male volunteers who performed the following specific movements between epochs of quiet, supine breathing: raising arms and legs (slowly, quickly, once, and several times), sitting up, breathing deeply and rapidly, and rolling from a supine to a lateral decubitus position.
(4) Blood flow was measured in leg and torso skin of conscious or anesthetized sheep by using 15-micron radioactive microspheres (Qm) and the 133Xe washout method (QXe).
(5) A leg ulcer in a 52-year-old renal transplant patient yielded foamy histiocytes containing acid-fast bacilli subsequently identified as a Runyon group III Mycobacterium.
(6) An anatomic study of the peroneal artery and vein and their branches was carried out on 80 adult cadaver legs.
(7) In contrast sham-hemodialysis in group CA and group PS, respectively, did not result in significant increases in amino acid efflux from the leg implying that the protein catabolic effect of blood membrane contact depends on the chemical properties of dialysis membranes.
(8) The ulcers on seven of ten legs (70%) treated with Unna's boots and on 10 of 14 legs (71%) treated with elastic support stocking healed.
(9) These reflexes can function to limit forces applied to a leg and provide compensatory adjustments in other legs.
(10) A second group was chronically implanted without electrical stimulation in one leg and implanted with cyclical electrical stimulation applied through the electrode in the other leg.
(11) Attention is paid to the set of problems connected with the nonthrombotic insufficiency of the conducting veins of the leg.
(12) In the case of unilateral blockade at the groin or pelvis, the grafts connect the lymphatics of the thigh of the affected leg with lymphatics in the contralateral healthy groin.
(13) This, however will not result in normal lower leg bones, as can be concluded from the fact that spontaneous fractures have occurred partly even in the locomotor apparatus after the pseudarthroses had healed.
(14) It’s gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, social background, and – most important of all, as far as I’m concerned – diversity of thought.” Diversity needs action beyond the Oscars | Letters Read more He may have provided the Richard Littlejohn wishlist from hell – you know the one, about the one-legged black lesbian in a hijab favoured by the politically correct – but as a Hollywood A-lister, the joke’s no longer on him.
(15) According to perimeter of leg, 13% of these girl students might he considered affected of second degree malnutrition, this situation prevailed from 13 to 18 years of age, but was not true in the 12--year--old group.
(16) Martin O’Neill spoke of his satisfaction at the Republic of Ireland’s score draw in the first leg of their Euro 2016 play-off against Bosnia-Herzegovina – and of his relief that the match was not abandoned despite the dense fog that descended in the second half and threatened to turn the game into a farce.
(17) Adjunctive usage of elastic stockings and intermittent compression pneumatic boots in the perioperative period was helpful in controlling leg swelling and promoting wound healing.
(18) Heavy death losses (59%) occurred in adult Mystromys 3--14 days after muscle biopsies were taken from their rear legs.
(19) Significant differences were found for the clinical scores for legs with and without previous DVT, which shows that the method is of value despite a not inconsiderable interobserver variation.
(20) The devices worked as well on postphlebitic legs as on normal ones.
Veg
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) I choose the halibut fillet with scallops, dauphinoise potatoes, veg melange and pesto tapenade.
(2) Let’s begin just after the second world war, when Liverpool took a pre-season trip to the good ol’ US of A to gorge on meat, veg, malted milks and ice creams, working on the theory that by fattening themselves up, they’d have a season’s worth of energy stored when they got back to ration-book Britain.
(3) Groceries were delivered and a horse-drawn fruit and veg cart called along the road weekly.
(4) Use local, seasonal food The best restaurants observe the British seasons with their ingredients, so go to a farmers' market to buy your veg, and get the best you can afford.
(5) Anyway, swap fruit’n’veg, collect magic beans and compare your scores with Facebook friends.
(6) Then there are the "ethylene absorbing" discs you can place in a bowl to keep your fruit fresh for longer; the polyurethane foam cushions designed to prevent fruit and veg from becoming bruised; and the silicone "food huggers" into which you pop your leftover half a lemon or tomato.
(7) If you have a veg patch, you could be enjoying homegrown lettuce for most of the year.
(8) Saturday is a great day to sample its wines from France, Portugal, Spain and Italy as there is a weekly organic fruit and veg market outside.
(9) I'll do anything: peel spuds, look after the veg, make an impromptu pud.
(10) "I aim to do my seven a day without eating these processed things you are describing," says Oyinlola Oyebode, lead investigator of UCL's report , which argued the enhanced benefits of eating seven-plus portions of fruit and veg a day.
(11) You can buy some veg cheaper than supermarkets in some shops in my area.
(12) Vegetations were classified according to its size (longest axis) into small (veg less than 5 mm), medium (5 mm less than veg less than 10 mm) and large (veg less than 10 mm); according to its kind into "sessible" or "mobile" and according to its appearence into "cotton like" or "calcified".
(13) The privately owned chain is still a relative minnow, controlling just 5.8% of all grocery sales in the UK, but only Pampers nappies are bigger sellers than its Mamia brand, and 8% of our fresh fruit and veg, and over a fifth of all premium steaks, are bought in Aldi stores.
(14) Paris Cheapest for wine, onions Pricey for milk, lamb, bananas paris Freelance journalist Judith Prescott (above), who has lived in the French capital for two decades, shops at supermarket chain Auchan for her husband and two daughters, and reckons her bill is around €100 a week (£79), although that doesn't include the fruit and veg she tends to buy in local markets.
(15) A head of National Vegetarian Week we asked some of Britain's best veg-loving chefs for tips on how to jazz up meat-free cooking.
(16) • 2814 North 16 Street, barriocafe.com CULINARY HEROES FnB Facebook Twitter Pinterest Photograph: Jill Richards Photography Among the Native American souvenir stores of Scottsdale old town, is the excellent FnB, a truly forward-thinking, showcase for the state’s native produce in veg-centric dishes: salad of persimmons with hazelnut, kohlrabi, dill and goat’s cheese.
(17) Unlike Altmejd, she has always used materials that are resolutely downbeat: abandoned mattresses, old tights, fruit and veg, the toilet bowl.
(18) Aldi promises to be at least 15% cheaper than equivalent products at traditional supermarkets, and its weekly deals on fruit and veg, as well as fresh meat, from premium dry-cured steaks to basic mince, have fuelled a nationwide price war.
(19) The food, Korean, is cheap (starters less than a fiver; mains under £8) and very good: bibimbap, of course, also crisp fried mandu (dumplings) with homemade soy; tangy blanched and pickled veg; sizzling marinated beef; fat pork belly with garlic, kimchi and spicy doenjang sauce.
(20) Beetroot blueberry pancakes These bright pink pancakes liven up the breakfast table and are a great way to get some veg in the morning.