Vocabulary : Left-handed to Legacy

Left-handed : Having the left hand or arm stronger and more dexterous than the right; using the left hand and arm with more dexterity than the right. ;; Clumsy; awkward; unlucky; insincere; sinister; malicious; as, a left-handed compliment. ;; Having a direction contrary to that of the hands of a watch when seen in front; -- said of a twist, a rotary motion, etc., looked at from a given direction.
Left-handedness : Alt. of Left-handiness
Left-handiness : The state or quality of being left-handed; awkwardness.
Left-off : Laid aside; cast-off.
Leftward : Toward or on the left side.
Leful : See Leveful.
Leg : 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. ;; 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. ;; The part of any article of clothing which covers the leg; as, the leg of a stocking or of a pair of trousers. ;; A bow, esp. in the phrase to make a leg; probably from drawing the leg backward in bowing. ;; A disreputable sporting character; a blackleg. ;; The course and distance made by a vessel on one tack or between tacks. ;; 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. ;; The case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets. ;; A fielder whose position is on the outside, a little in rear of th
Leg bridge : A type of bridge for small spans in which the floor girders are rigidly secured at their extremities to supporting steel legs, driven into the round as piling, or resting on mudsills.
Legacies : of Legacy
Legacy : A gift of property by will, esp. of money or personal property; a bequest. Also Fig.; as, a legacy of dishonor or disease. ;; A business with which one is intrusted by another; a commission; -- obsolete, except in the phrases last legacy, dying legacy, and the like.
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