dead-leg

plural dead-legs

1. alternativeAlternative form of dead leg (blow to the upper thigh)

   They'd given kids a dead-leg: a knee to the side of the thigh.

   2008, D. M. Samson, Nails, →ISBN, page 28

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   If they did then they kept quiet about it for fear of dead-legs, dead-shoulders, kidney punches, that sort of thing.

   2007, Sean O'Brien, Colm Tóibín, Iain Mobbs, Mays 15, →ISBN

   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.

   2011, Paddy Sinnott, Eejit Strikes Back, →ISBN, page 13

2. alternativeAlternative form of deadleg (pipe with no outflow)

   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.

   2001, William R. Herguth, Thomas M. Warne, Turbine Lubrication in the 21st Century, →ISBN, page 44

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   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.

   1987, Wayne P. Olson, Michael John Groves, Aseptic pharmaceutical manufacturing

   Critical factors relating to preproduction sterilisation of food contact surfaces include correct assembly of equipment, and assurance that it is clean, and without crevices or dead-legs which are inaccessible for cleaning or heat sterilisation purposes.

   1995, Grahame W. Gould, New Methods of Food Preservation, →ISBN, page 291

3. alternativeAlternative 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.

   1990, Joe McFarland, Coaching Pitchers, page 103

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   There are many different ways to throw the change-up, and through the years pitchers on the Dodgers have used three different methods. They use a "dead leg" in back, which helps the body drop low; holding the ball with three fingers on top;

   1981, Athletic Journal - Volume 62, page 46