Kneebrush (n.) A tuft or brush of hair on the knees of some species of antelopes and other animals; -- chiefly used in the plural.
Kneebrush (n.) A thick mass or collection of hairs on the legs of bees, by aid of which they carry the collected pollen to the hive or nest; -- usually in the plural.
Kneecap (n.) The kneepan.
Kneecap (n.) A cap or protection for the knee.
Knee-crooking (a.) Obsequious; fawning; cringing.
Kneed (a.) Having knees;- used chiefly in composition; as, in-kneed; out-kneed; weak-kneed.
Kneed (a.) Geniculated; forming an obtuse angle at the joints, like the knee when a little bent; as, kneed grass.
Knee-deep (a.) Rising to the knees; knee-high; as, water or snow knee-deep.
Knee-deep (a.) Sunk to the knees; as, men knee-deep in water.
Knee-high (a.) Rising or reaching upward to the knees; as, the water is knee-high.
Kneejoint (n.) The joint of the knee.
Kneejoint (n.) A toggle joint; -- so called because consisting of two pieces jointed to each other end to end, making an angle like the knee when bent.
Kneejointed (a.) Geniculate; kneed. See Kneed, a., 2.
Knelt (imp. & p. p.) of Kneel
Kneeled () of Kneel
Kneeling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Kneel
Kneel (v. i.) To bend the knee; to fall or rest on the knees; -- sometimes with down.
Kneeler (n.) One who kneels or who worships by or while kneeling.
Kneeler (n.) A cushion or stool to kneel on.
Kneeler (n.) A name given to certain catechumens and penitents who were permitted to join only in parts of church worship.
Kneelingly (adv.) In a kneeling position.
Kneepan (n.) A roundish, flattened, sesamoid bone in the tendon in front of the knee joint; the patella; the kneecap.
Kneepiece (n.) A piece shaped like a knee; as, the kneepieces or ears of a boat.
Knell (n.) The stoke of a bell tolled at a funeral or at the death of a person; a death signal; a passing bell; hence, figuratively, a warning of, or a sound indicating, the passing away of anything.
Knelled (imp. & p. p.) of Knell
Knelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Knell
Knell (n.) To sound as a knell; especially, to toll at a death or funeral; hence, to sound as a warning or evil omen.
Knell (v. t.) To summon, as by a knell.
Knelt (imp. & p. p.) of Kneel.
Knew (imp.) of Know.
Knicker (n.) A small ball of clay, baked hard and oiled, used as a marble by boys in playing.
Knickerbockers (n. pl.) The name for a style of short breeches; smallclothes.
Knickknack (n.) A trifle or toy; a bawble; a gewgaw.
Knickknackatory (n.) A collection of knickknacks.
Knickknackery (n.) Knickknacks.
Knives (pl. ) of Knife
Knife (n.) An instrument consisting of a thin blade, usually of steel and having a sharp edge for cutting, fastened to a handle, but of many different forms and names for different uses; as, table knife, drawing knife, putty knife, pallet knife, pocketknife, penknife, chopping knife, etc..
Knife (n.) A sword or dagger.
Knifed (imp. & p. p.) of Knife
Knifing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Knife
Knife (v. t.) To prune with the knife.
Knife (v. t.) To cut or stab with a knife.
Knifeboard (n.) A board on which knives are cleaned or polished.
Knife-edge (n.) A piece of steel sharpened to an acute edge or angle, and resting on a smooth surface, serving as the axis of motion of a pendulum, scale beam, or other piece required to oscillate with the least possible friction.
Knight (n.) A young servant or follower; a military attendant.
Knight (n.) In feudal times, a man-at-arms serving on horseback and admitted to a certain military rank with special ceremonies, including an oath to protect the distressed, maintain the right, and live a stainless life.
Knight (n.) One on whom knighthood, a dignity next below that of baronet, is conferred by the sovereign, entitling him to be addressed as Sir; as, Sir John.
Knight (n.) A champion; a partisan; a lover.
Knight (n.) A piece used in the game of chess, usually bearing a horse's head.
Knight (n.) A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack.
Knighted (imp. & p. p.) of Knight
Knighting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Knight
Knight (v. t.) To dub or create (one) a knight; -- done in England by the sovereign only, who taps the kneeling candidate with a sword, saying: Rise, Sir ---.
Knightage (n.) To body of knights, taken collectively.
Knights bachelors (pl. ) of Knight bachelor
Knight bachelor () A knight of the most ancient, but lowest, order of English knights, and not a member of any order of chivalry. See Bachelor, 4.
Knights bannerets (pl. ) of Knight banneret
Knight banneret () A knight who carried a banner, who possessed fiefs to a greater amount than the knight bachelor, and who was obliged to serve in war with a greater number of attendants. The dignity was sometimes conferred by the sovereign in person on the field of battle.
Knight baro-net () See Baronet.
Knight-errants (pl. ) of Knight-errant
Knights-errant (pl. ) of Knight-errant
Knight-errant (n.) A wandering knight; a knight who traveled in search of adventures, for the purpose of exhibiting military skill, prowess, and generosity.
Knight-errantries (pl. ) of Knight-errantry
Knight-errantry (n.) The character or actions of wandering knights; the practice of wandering in quest of adventures; chivalry; a quixotic or romantic adventure or scheme.
Knight-er-ratic (a.) Pertaining to a knight-errant or to knight-errantry.
Knighthead (n.) A bollard timber. See under Bollard.
Knighthood (n.) The character, dignity, or condition of a knight, or of knights as a class; hence, chivalry.
Knighthood (n.) The whole body of knights.
Knightless (a.) Unbecoming a knight.
Knightliness (n.) The character or bearing suitable for a knight; chivalry.
Knightly (a.) Of or pertaining to a knight; becoming a knight; chivalrous; as, a knightly combat; a knightly spirit.
Knightly (adv.) In a manner becoming a knight.
Knight marshal () An officer in the household of the British sovereign, who has cognizance of transgressions within the royal household and verge, and of contracts made there, a member of the household being one of the parties.
Knight service () A tenure of lands held by knights on condition of performing military service. See Chivalry, n., 4.
Knights Templars (pl. ) of Knight Templar
Knight Templar () See Commandery, n., 3, and also Templar, n., 1 and 3.
Knit (imp. & p. p.) of Knit
Knitted () of Knit
Knitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Knit
Knit (v. t.) To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying.
Knit (v. t.) To form, as a textile fabric, by the interlacing of yarn or thread in a series of connected loops, by means of needles, either by hand or by machinery; as, to knit stockings.
Knit (v. t.) To join; to cause to grow together.
Knit (v. t.) To unite closely; to connect; to engage; as, hearts knit together in love.
Knit (v. t.) To draw together; to contract into wrinkles.
Knit (v. i.) To form a fabric by interlacing yarn or thread; to weave by making knots or loops.
Knit (v. i.) To be united closely; to grow together; as, broken bones will in time knit and become sound.
Knit (n.) Union knitting; texture.
Knitback (n.) The plant comfrey; -- so called from its use as a restorative.
Knitch (n.) Alt. of Knitchet
Knitchet (n.) A number of things tied or knit together; a bundle; a fagot.
Knits (n. pl.) Small particles of ore.
Knitster (n.) A woman who knits.
Knitter (n.) One who, or that which, knits, joins, or unites; a knitting machine.
Knitting (n.) The work of a knitter; the network formed by knitting.
Knitting (n.) Union formed by knitting, as of bones.
Knittle (n.) A string that draws together a purse or bag.
Knittle (n.) See Nettles.
Knives (n. pl.) of Knife. See Knife.
Knob (n.) A hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; a lump; as, a knob in the flesh, or on a bone.
Knob (n.) A knoblike ornament or handle; as, the knob of a lock, door, or drawer.