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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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"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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