dead leg

Definitions

1. 1

   A blow to the upper thigh, crushing the muscle against the bone and crushing the nerve…

   A blow to the upper thigh, crushing the muscle against the bone and crushing the nerve cluster next to the quadriceps. Also, the resulting injury.

   • I kneed you, I said, and I gave him a dead leg.
   • Knowing all this it can still take you by surprise, like a dead leg or a sudden punch to the solar plexus.
   • All at once something rose through the vacancy, the frightening void that was like the dead leg some kids had been adept at giving in the playground.
2. 2

   Alternative form of deadleg (isolated section of pipe with no outflow).

   • However, care has to be taken to prevent oily material congealing on the walls of pipes, tanks, pumps and other equipments where there are points of restrictions as valves, bends or dead legs.
   • Supply and return lines should not contain dead legs.
   • The use of “deadended” systems, or systems with long dead legs, is unacceptable and will have a significant effect on both chemical quality and points-of-use bacteria levels
3. 3

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dead, leg.

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