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To lay. [Obs.]

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

To allay or alleviate; to lighten. [Obs.] That shall alegge this bitter blast. Spenser.

See Alegge and Allay. [Obs.]

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.

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

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.

Having short legs, like a waddling duck; short-legged. Dryden.

Nimble; swift of foot. Sir P. Sidney.

Having the feet so near together that they interfere in traveling. Shak.

Having a conspicuous tuft of feathers on the legs.

Having the legs covered with feathers; -- said of a bird. rough-legged hawk. (Zoöl.) See Roughleg.

Having long, slender legs.

To cut (meat) across for frying or broiling; to cut or slice and broil. [Obs.] A short-legged hen daintily carbonadoed. Bean. & Fl.

A large, long-legged South American bird (Dicholophus cristatus) which preys upon snakes, etc. See Seriema.

, curved bill and red legs; -- also called chauk, chauk-daw, chocard, Cornish chough, red-legged crow. The name is also applied to several allied birds, as the Alpine chough. Cornish chough (Her.), a bird represented black, with red feet, and beak; -- called also aylet and sea swallow.