Two short thick pieces of wood, formerly carved like a man's head, having four sheaves in each, one of them abaft the fore-mast, called fore-knight, and the other abaft the main-mast, called main-knight.
·add. ·- The fee of a knight; specif., the amount of land the holding of which imposed the obligatio...
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·add. ·- Service such as a knight can or should render; hence, good or valuable service. II. Knight...
·pl of Knight bachelor. ...
·pl of Knight banneret. ...
·pl of Knight Templar. ...
·pl of Knight-errant. ...
South out of Little Carter Lane, in Castle Baynard Ward (Horwood, 1799). See Knowle's Court. ...
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