But it was not long before we found that the trail led through a piece of swampy ground, and before they had gone far the boys found themselves up to their legging tops in mud and the ooze of the swamp.
By then the crash and fire truck was right along side of the plane, and Dawson and several others, including Major Starke, were legging out there as fast as they could go.
He spun around and went legging it over to the Operations Office.
I saw him bolt round the central fountain, hidden by an immense bronze dragon for a moment, and then legging it for all he was worth towards the way that led to the lifts for the second stage.
There was a clatter of hob-nailed boots and bully number one was legging it down the path like a hare.
The fact is, it was beastly dark in the theatre, and he was legging it sideways for some reason or other, no doubt with the best motives, and unfortunately he happened to stub his toe on the poor old bean.
Elmer Moon was not a good man; his ethics were poor and his moral code shaky; but in the matter of legging it away from a situation of peril and discomfort he had no superior.
His eyes were fixed on the vanishing figure of the Girl Friend, who, having buzzed at a smart pace into Sixth Avenue, was now legging it in the direction of the staircase leading to one of the stations of the Elevated Railroad.
Every mile or so I would have to stop and readjust the legging on my shoeless foot.
In this section may be conveniently discussed the manufacture of legging leather.
Broadly speaking, the differences are that legging leather needs a smooth grain, greater firmness and more thorough tannage on account of the absence of stuffing.
Work exactly as given for Legging Suit, see page 46.
For Needles and Tension see Legging Suit next column.
Paul Orben, who had been the player to reach second, was already streaking up to third, and by the time Sam reached first Paul was legging it for the home plate.
Then amid a cloud of dust Paul slid in over the home plate while Sam, having reached second, waslegging it rapidly for third.
As he passes the man who holds his horses the legging is caught and jerked free.
Again the others have remounted and gone, as Louie comes steaming up, half falling as the other loosened legging dangles at his feet.
As they talked, his interest increased, and before the contents of the legging had been turned out into the pan borrowed from Pis'kun's wife, he was as much excited as the boys themselves.
Instead of lifting it, therefore, they put the legging down on the ground, and while they lifted the lump of earth little by little, they slipped the side of the legging under it, until the whole mass was within the buckskin covering.
Then they tied each end of the legging firmly with buckskin strings, and started to put it on the horse.
But his guardian had heard him and the black upon his leg was as warm as though it were his moccasin and legging that he wore.
After a time he arose and took a charred piece of wood, and blackened his foot and leg with it for as far up as the legging would have covered him.
At length he said, "Are you looking for your other legging and moccasin?
Down the line went the rabbit toward third, with the batter legging it right after him.
Fred had passed third and was legging it for the plate with all his might.
At this juncture the bear, which was but a few feet below me, struck at me with its claws, ripping off my heavy legging and scratching me severely.
If he had tried for Ames, who was legging it to third, it would have been an easy out.
All this time the men were legging it around the bases.
Wasn't that sick lamb legging it for one of the back doors of the house.
He was legging it for home, the most surprised animal in the Highlands of Ontario.
He was on some kind of a boot-legging stunt, wasn't he?
Then the throw was so wild that the Fairview first baseman had to take his foot off the bag to get it, and, meanwhile Phil was legging it for the bag for all he was worth, while Dutch went on to second.
The next instant Jack saw Bill Glutts running in one direction and Gabe Werner legging it in another.
We were leggingit with the infuriated mob at our heels.
Burkett made a good pick-up, stepped on the bag, putting out Greaves, and then hurled to Mylert to catch Miller, who was legging it to the plate.
Before it had fairly left his hand Joe was legging it to the plate.
If he's legging it to the south'ard he'll cut athwart our course.
Legging it," submerged for several miles, he allowed the submarine to lie on the bottom for a considerable period.
Whether five hundred or a thousand yards separated the combatants remained a matter for speculation, and whether the foe was "legging it" or closing upon Wakefield's command was equally a speculative proposition.
He drew up the legging and examined the part that covered the spot in the ankle which had received the blow.
The bushes abounded with similar prongs, one of which had been torn off and pierced thelegging of Jack when he was crashing through the tops of the bushes.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "legging" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
