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The coxa, or femur, of an insect. Thigh bone (Anat.), the femur.

The bony cup which receives the head of the thigh bone.

The legs of a hawk from the thigh to the foot. Halliwell. Bred to arms, educated to the profession of a soldier. -- In arms, armed for war; in a state of hostility. -- Small arms, portable firearms known as muskets, rifles, carbines, pistols, etc. -- A stand of arms, a complete set for one soldier, as a musket, bayo…

That part of the human body which extends downward from the breast to the thighs, and contains the bowels, or intestines; the abdomen.

o heads or origins; -- applied particularly to a flexor in the arm, and to another in the thigh.

One of the pieces or parts of an animal skeleton; as, a rib or a thigh bone; a bone of the arm or leg; also, any fragment of bony substance. (pl.) The frame or skeleton of the body.

A garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs; smallclothes. His jacket was red, and his breeches were blue. Coleridge.

Curved circularly; -- applied to several arteries of the hip and thigh, to arteries, veins, and a nerve of the shoulder, and to other parts.

.] A gentleman [should learn to ride] while he is tender and the brawns and sinews of his thighs not fully consolidate. Elyot.

Shaped like a cup; as, the cotyloid cavity, which receives the head of the thigh bone.

Of or pertaining to the thigh or leg, or to any of the parts called crura; as, the crural arteries; crural arch; crural canal; crural ring.

That part of the hind limb between the femur, or thigh, and the ankle, or tarsus; the shank.

Defensive armor for the thighs. [ Written also cuisse, and quish.]

Pertaining to the femur or thigh; as, the femoral artery. "Femoral habiliments." Sir W. Scott.

The thigh bone.

A horse's thighs. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

Pertaining to the genital organs and the thigh; -- applied especially to one of the lumbar nerves.

A collection made by gleaning. The gleans of yellow thyme distend his thighs. Dryden.

; to cut; to penetrate or pierce harshly; as, the griding sword. Milton. That through his thigh the mortal steel did gride. Spenser.

The line between the lower part of the abdomen and the thigh, or the region of this line; the inguen.