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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 372 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LEG (a word of Scandinavian origin, from the Old See also:Norwegian leggr, cf. Swed. lagg, See also:Dan. laeg; the O. Eng. word was sceanca, shank)  , the See also:general name for those limbs in animals which support and move the See also:body, and in See also:man for the See also:lower limbs of the body (see See also:ANATOMY, Superficial and See also:Artistic; See also:SKELETON, Appendicular; See also:MUSCULAR See also:SYSTEM) . The word is in See also:common use for many See also:objects which resemble the See also:leg in shape or See also:function . As a See also:slang See also:term, " leg," a shortened See also:form of " blackleg," has been in use since the end of the 18th See also:century for a swindler, especially in connexion with racing or gambling . The term " blackleg " is now also applied by See also:trade-unionists to a workman who, during a strike or lockout, continues working or is brought to take the See also:place of the withdrawn workers .

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