dead-leg

Definitions

1. 1

   Alternative form of dead leg (blow to the upper thigh)

   • If they did then they kept quiet about it for fear of dead-legs, dead-shoulders, kidney punches, that sort of thing.
   • They'd given kids a dead-leg: a knee to the side of the thigh.
   • I would then have to leave it to stealth, and when I did catch them I would give them a couple of dead-legs until they pleaded and promised they wouldn't do it again.
2. 2

   Alternative form of deadleg (pipe with no outflow)

   • In a WFI system, usually a distilled water loop, warm standing water can occur in dead-legs which are defined as dead-ends more than 5 to 6 pipe widths in length, and which extend downward, either straight or at an angle, from the loop.
   • When a turbine oil lubricating system is drained of one turbine oil and refilled with another turbine oil, as much as 10 to 15% of the previous oil can remain in the system due to clingage, low-spots, and piping dead-legs.
3. 3

   Alternative form of deadleg (movement with hips and knees held stiff and straight)

   • When a pitcher is trying to be quicker to the plate, often he will start to dead-leg.

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