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legged, a.|lɛgd|
[f. leg n. + -ed2.]
Having legs (of a particular kind, shape, or colour); freq. in parasynthetic combination with adjs., as baker-legged, bare-legged, black-legged, bow-legged, crook(ed)-legged, long-legged, two-legged, etc. In Heraldry, having legs of a specified tincture.
1470Sir J. Paston in P. Lett. No. 637 II. 394 He is legged right i now, and it is reportyd that hys pyntell is as long as hys legge. a1529Skelton E. Rummyng 50 Legged lyke a crane. 1552Huloet, Legged crokedly and ill fauored. c1570Pride & Lowl. (1841) 64 But he were legged as was Actæon. 1572J. Bossewell Armorie iii. 26 An Owsell d'Argente, beaked golde, legged gules. 1610Shakes. Temp. ii. ii. 35 Leg'd like a man. 1652Gaule Magastrom. 186 The spindle legd are fearful; hairy legg'd, lustful; stump legg'd servile; bow-legg'd, various. 1697tr. Le Comte's Mem. China ii. (1737) 39 A row of eunuchs..stood on each hand close legged. 1765Treat. Dom. Pigeons 134 The Trumpeter is a Bird..very feather⁓footed and leg'd. 1822Scott Pirate vii, Triptolemus was a short, clumsy, duck-legged disciple of Ceres. 1864Boutell Her. Hist. & Pop. xv. §15 (ed. 3) 204 Three popinjays or, collared and legged gu. 1898Daily News 24 Nov. 2/2 Stiffbacked, legged chairs, legged sofas..are out of place in an Eastern house.
b. legged dollar = leg-dollar (see leg n. 17).
1672Corshill Baron-Crt. Bk. in Archæol. & Hist. Coll. Ayr & Wigton (1884) IV. 104 Withholding from him ane leged dolour, at 5s., anent the niffer of ane horse. c1689Depred. Clan Campbell (1816) 100 Ane leggit dollor.
Hence ˈleggedly adv.
1659Torriano, Gambescaménte, leggedly, according to the fashion of shanks. |