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The production of the tones of a chord in rapid succession, as in playing the harp, and not simultaneously; a strain thus played.

Having legs of unequal length, as the badger was thought to have. Shak.

Having legs that bend inward at the knees.

Having crooked legs.

Having the legs bare.

Capable of being begged.

To reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as, he had beggared himself. Milton.

The prickly fruit or seed of certain plants (as some species of Echinospermum and Cynoglossum) which cling to the clothing of those who brush by them.

The bur marigold (Bidens) and its achenes, which are armed with barbed awns, and adhere to clothing and fleeces with unpleasant tenacity.

The condition of being a beggar; also, the class of beggars.

Beggary. [R.]

The quality or state of being beggarly; meanness.

In the condition of, or like, a beggar; suitable for a beggar; extremely indigent; poverty-stricken; mean; poor; contemptible. "A bankrupt, beggarly fellow." South. "A beggarly fellowship." Swift. "Beggarly elements." Gal. iv. 9.

The act of begging; the state of being a beggar; mendicancy; extreme poverty.

A beggar. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Having crooked legs, esp. with the knees bent outward. Johnson.

. And being an ill-looked fellow, he has a pension from the church wardens for being bullbeggar to all the forward children in the parish. Mountfort (1691).

One who makes it his business to marry beggars to each other. Swift.

Having the legs crossed.

Noting a flight of stairs, consisting of two or more straight portions connected by a platform (landing) or platforms, and running in opposite directions without an intervening wellhole.