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noun

Knee n.

In man, the joint in the middle part of the leg.

(Anat.)

(a)

The joint, or region of the joint, between the thigh and leg.

(b)

In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in man.

(Mech. & Shipbuilding) A piece of timber or metal formed with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when bent.

A bending of the knee, as in respect or courtesy. "Give them title, knee, and approbation."

Knee breeches. See under Breeches.

Knee holly, Knee holm (Bot.), butcher's broom.

Knee joint. See in the Vocabulary.

Knee timber, timber with knees or angles in it.

Knee tribute, or Knee worship, tribute paid by kneeling; worship by genuflection. (Obs.) "Knee tribute yet unpaid."

verb

Knee v. t. To supplicate by kneeling. (Obs.) "Fall down, and knee The way into his mercy."

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Etymology of 'Knee'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Knee" Quotes from Famous Books

... I may bid farewell to my son; he is a little child, so high, O King," and he held his hand above his knee. ...

— Nada the Lily • H. Rider Haggard

... poison is present in the pus, the walls of the vagina, cervix and cervical canal should be dried and thoroughly painted with a twenty per cent solution of nitrate of silver. The patient should be in the knee-chest ...

— Mother's Remedies - Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers - of the United States and Canada • T. J. Ritter

... On seeing Bax the blood rushed to her temples, and then fled back to her heart. She sank on a chair. The sailor was at her side in a moment; he caught her as she was in the act of falling, and going down on one knee, supported her head on ...

— The Lifeboat • R.M. Ballantyne

... boats, the men on board of which saluted them politely. They appeared good-natured, happy fellows, with ruddy countenances, light hair, and rings hanging to their ears. They were mostly dressed in red shirts, blue and white knickerbockers fastened at the knee, and thick brown woollen stockings. The boat, as she glided on, was generally accompanied by sea-gulls, storks with long legs and outstretched necks, flights of lapwings, and other species of the feathered tribe, uttering their plaintive cries, and ever ...

— Voyages and Travels of Count Funnibos and Baron Stilkin • William H. G. Kingston

... Immediately below each knee is tied a necessary item of an Ojibwa's dress, a garter, which consists of a band of beads varying in different specimens from 2 to 4 inches in width, and from 18 to 20 inches in length, to each end of which strands of colored ...

— Seventh Annual Report • Various

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