legionry

[Eng. legion: -ry.] A body or 1. Lit.: Long-legged; having unusually or dis number of legions; legions collectively. proportionately long legs; as, a leggy horse. *2. Fig .: Having long stalks. leg-horn, s. [See def.] 1. A kind of plait of the straw of bearded wheat cut green and bleached, and used for bonnets and hats. It derives its name from being imported from Leghorn. 2. A hat made of the plait described in 1. The kind of wheat in question is about eighteen inches high. It is grown on poor sandy soil on the banks of the Arno, between Leghorn and Florence, expre ly for manufacture into hats. It is pulled green and blanched like flax on the gravelly bed of the river. ( Loudon , .) leg-1-bil-1-ty, s. [English legible; -ity.] The quality or state of being legible. leg-1-ble, a. [O. Fr., from Lat. legibilis, from lego to read; Sp. legible; Ital. leggibile.] 1. That may be read; capable of being read easily; easy to be read or deciphered. 2. That may be discovered or understood from evident marks or characteristics; apparent, plain, evident.