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Knee

noun

Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella. Synonyms: articulatio genus, genu, human knee, knee joint.

Joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee. Synonym: stifle.

The part of a trouser leg that provides the cloth covering for the knee.

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"Knee" Quotes from Famous Books

... boy buried his black head of curling hair on his sister's knee, and gave vent to ...

— A Little Mother to the Others • L. T. Meade

... knee at her feet, he gently covered her hands with his own. He could feel the delicate play of her breath ...

— The Lighted Match • Charles Neville Buck

... ink blot splashed on the picture, sat Paragot. The very foulest odd-volume of Montesquieu's "Esprit des Lois" which could be picked up on the quays lay unopened on his knee. Not until Narcisse, who was sleeping at his feet, jumped up and barked a welcome around me did Paragot notice my approach. He held out his hand, and the finger-nails seemed longer and dirtier than ever. He drew me down to ...

— The Beloved Vagabond • William J. Locke

... services alone should be performed. As a form of calling on the name of God, it was associated with the exercise of giving thanks to him, and is regarded as a tender of devout obedience to him by him who said, "Unto me every knee shall ...

— The Ordinance of Covenanting • John Cunningham

... pack-horse had mired in the mud; it had lain there ten days in the heat of summer; the smell was dreadful; still some of our men cut out slices, roasted and ate it; I was not hungry enough. The next day I shot a pigeon, which made a dinner for nine; after that we found the skin of a deer, from the knee to the hoof. This we divided and ate. I would willingly, had I possessed it, have given my hat full of gold for a piece of bread as large as my hand. Often did I think of the milk and swill I had seen left in my father's hog-trough, and thought ...

— The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 2 of 2 - From 1620-1816 • Edgerton Ryerson

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