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leg-bail
leg-bail Used in the jocular phrase to give (Sc. take) leg-bail, to run away, decamp: see bail n.1 5 c. Hence sometimes used (in allusion to this phrase) = unauthorized absence or departure, ‘French leave’, etc.1774 Fergusson Poems (1807) 234 They took leg-bail and ran awa Wi' pith and speed. 1785 G... Oxford English Dictionary
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Raid of the Redeswire
Carmichael demanded that the man be delivered to Scotland for justice, but Forster replied the thief had taken "leg-bail" (escaped from custody) and could wikipedia.org
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leg
▪ I. leg, n. (lɛg) Also 3–7 pl. legges, (4–7 leggis, leggys), 4–5 lege, 6–7 legge. [a. ON. legg-r leg, (in compounds) leg or arm, limb (Sw. lägg, Da. læg, calf of the leg):—OTeut. type *lagjo-z. Cf. Lombard lagi ‘coxa super genuculum’ (Ed. Roth. 384). By some scholars the word is referred to the Wes... Oxford English Dictionary
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bail
▪ I. bail, n.1 (beɪl) Also 5 bayll, baill, 5–7 bayle, 6–7 bayl, bale, baile. [In senses 1 and 2, a. OF. bail ‘power, custody, jurisdiction,’ and ‘delivery,’ n. of action f. baillier, in its senses of ‘take charge of, guard, control,’ and ‘hand over, deliver’ (see bail v.1). The remaining senses are ... Oxford English Dictionary
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