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A tie or brace; a syncopation.

Legateship. [Obs.]

To allege; to assert. [Obs.] Bp. Fisher.

See Ledgment.

down from the past, but not verifiable by historical record; a myth; a fable. And in this legend all that glorious deed. Read, whilst you arm you. Fairfax.

Of or pertaining to a legend or to legends; consisting of legends; like a legend; fabulous. "Legendary writers." Bp. Lloyd. Legendary stories of nurses and old women. Bourne.

r seat of government. [Written also lieger, leiger.] [Obs.] Sir Edward Carne, the queen's leger at Rome. Fuller.

Sleight of hand; a trick of sleight of hand; hence, any artful deception or trick. He of legierdemayne the mysteries did know. Spenser. The tricks and legerdemain by which men impose upon their own souls. South.

One who practices sleight of hand; a prestidigitator.

Lightness; nimbleness [Archaic] Shak.

To lay. [Obs.]

Having (such or so many) legs; -- used in composition; as, a long-legged man; a two-legged animal.

Light or graceful; in a light, delicate, and brick style.

, from Leg, v. t.

A cover for the leg, like a long gaiter.

Having long legs. Thackeray.

of a particular kind of wheat, grown for the purpose in Tuscany, Italy; -- so called from Leghorn, the place of exportation.

The quality of being legible; legibleness. Sir. D. Brewster.

d or deciphered; distinct to the eye; plain; - - used of writing or printing; as, a fair, legible manuscript. The stone with moss and lichens so overspread, Nothing is legible but the name alone. Longfellow.

The state or quality of being legible.