Of a person or object: having no legs; deprived of legs.
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| 释义 | the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [adjective] > of legs > having (15) leglessc1390 Of a person or object: having no legs; deprived of legs. bow-legged1552 Having crooked or outwardly bent legs; bandy-legged. (Huloet identified it with knock-kneed.) crook-legged1580 Parasynthetic combinations, as crook-billed, crook-fingered, crook-kneed, crook-legged, crook-lipped, crook-nosed, crook-shouldered, crook-sided, cr… shackle-hammed1592 knock-kneed. baker-kneed1611 Forming adjectives with the sense ‘having such a deformity, knock-kneed’, by combining with a noun + -ed, as in †baker-kneed, baker-legged. Now rare. baker-legged1611 Forming adjectives with the sense ‘having such a deformity, knock-kneed’, by combining with a noun + -ed, as in †baker-kneed, baker-legged. Now rare. buckle-hammed1629 ? having crooked legs (see buckle, v. III.). out-shinned1682 bandy-legged1688 crooked-legged1691 parasynthetic, as crooked-backed, crooked-clawed, crooked-eyed, crooked-houghed, crooked-legged, crooked-lined, crooked-lipped, crooked-neck(ed)… shackled-ham'd1733 shackled-ham'd = shackle-hammed adj. at shackle, n.1 compounds. Obsolete. badger-legged1738 having legs of unequal length (as the badger was once popularly supposed to have); (also more generally) having deformed legs. tailor-legged1768 having the knees bent by sitting cross-legged. knock-kneed1774 Having the legs bent inwards so that the knees knock together in walking. (The opposite of bandy-legged.) scissor-legged1880 Medicine. Designating the condition of having or walking with abnormally adducted legs (see scissor leg, n. 1). Now rare. |
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