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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

... ship was hove to, a young man (one of the sailors) dressed in a smart suit of black, knee-breeches, and buckles, with his hair powdered, and with all the extra finery and mincing gait of an exquisite, came aft on the quarter-deck, and, with a most polished bow, took the liberty of introducing himself as gentleman's gentleman to Mr ...

— Frank Mildmay • Captain Frederick Marryat

... the hemlock grew and there he saw Gertrude sitting on the low earthen wall that separated the field from the road. Her straw bag, with her scissors in it, lay beside her. Her fingers were interlaced, and her hands rested, palms downwards, on her knee. Her expression was rather vacant, and so little suggestive of any serious emotion that Erskine laughed as he alighted ...

— An Unsocial Socialist • George Bernard Shaw

... into a horn-like prominence and apparently belies their apparent gaiety.... The belts of these men are perfect arsenals of curious-looking things.... With their cloth caps with ear flaps hanging down, their knee breeches and their linen shirts hung with a dozen prayer wheels, they ...

— Rescuing the Czar - Two authentic Diaries arranged and translated • James P. Smythe

... her absence darkened their air did not return. They grew weary, and sat down on the rocky floor, for wait they would—indeed, wait they must. Each set his lamp by his knee, and watched it die. Slowly it sank, dulled, looked lazy and stupid. But ever as it sank and dulled, the image in his mind of the Lady of Light grew stronger and clearer. Together the two lamps panted and shuddered. First one, then the other went out, leaving for a moment a great, ...

— The Princess and the Curdie • George MacDonald

... "Make haste, make haste to bow the knee! Behold the Angel of God! fold thou thy hands! Henceforward shalt ...

— Dante's Purgatory • Dante

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