Definition of thigh

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Thigh (n.) The proximal segment of the hind limb between the knee and the trunk. See Femur.

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Arms :: Arms (n.) The legs of a hawk from the thigh to the foot.
Smallclothes :: Smallclothes (n. pl.) A man's garment for the hips and thighs; breeches. See Breeches.
Bone :: Bone (n.) One of the pieces or parts of an animal skeleton; as, a rib or a thigh bone; a bone of the arm or leg; also, any fragment of bony substance. (pl.) The frame or skeleton of the body..
Scurvy :: Scurvy (n.) A disease characterized by livid spots, especially about the thighs and legs, due to extravasation of blood, and by spongy gums, and bleeding from almost all the mucous membranes. It is accompanied by paleness, languor, depression, and general debility. It is occasioned by confinement, innutritious food, and hard labor, but especially by lack of fresh vegetable food, or confinement for a long time to a limited range of food, which is incapable of repairing the waste of the system. It
Ham :: Ham (n.) The thigh of any animal; especially, the thigh of a hog cured by salting and smoking..
Cuish :: Cuish (n.) Defensive armor for the thighs.
Hook :: Hook (n.) The projecting points of the thigh bones of cattle; -- called also hook bones.
Biceps :: Biceps (n.) A muscle having two heads or origins; -- applied particularly to a flexor in the arm, and to another in the thigh..
Knee :: Knee (n.) The joint, or region of the joint, between the thigh and leg..
Groin :: Groin (n.) The line between the lower part of the abdomen and the thigh, or the region of this line; the inguen..
Demisuit :: Demisuit (n.) A suit of light armor covering less than the whole body, as having no protection for the legs below the thighs, no vizor to the helmet, and the like..
Crural :: Crural (a.) Of or pertaining to the thigh or leg, or to any of the parts called crura; as, the crural arteries; crural arch; crural canal; crural ring..
Merocele :: Merocele (n.) Hernia in the thigh; femoral hernia .
Sartorius :: Sartorius (n.) A muscle of the thigh, called the tailor's muscle, which arises from the hip bone and is inserted just below the knee. So named because its contraction was supposed to produce the position of the legs assumed by the tailor in sitting..
Gaskins :: Gaskins (n.pl.) A horse's thighs.
Circumflex :: Circumflex (a.) Curved circularly; -- applied to several arteries of the hip and thigh, to arteries, veins, and a nerve of the shoulder, and to other parts..
Twister :: Twister (n.) The inner part of the thigh, the proper place to rest upon when on horseback..
Femur :: Femur (n.) The thigh bone.
Waistcloth :: Waistcloth (n.) A cloth or wrapper worn about the waist; by extension, such a garment worn about the hips and passing between the thighs..
Lap :: Lap (n.) The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered; figuratively, a place of rearing and fostering; as, to be reared in the lap of luxury..
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