Knee

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To supplicate by kneeling.

II. Knee ·noun In man, the joint in the middle part of the leg.

III. Knee ·noun A bending of the knee, as in respect or courtesy.

IV. Knee ·noun The joint, or region of the joint, between the thigh and leg.

V. Knee ·noun In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in man.

VI. Knee ·noun A piece of timber or metal formed with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when bent.

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knee
Naturally grown timber, or bars of iron, bent to a right angle, or to fit the surfaces, and to secur...

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Knee jerk
·add. ·- A jerk or kick produced by a blow or sudden strain upon the patellar tendon of the knee, wh...

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Knee-crooking
·adj Obsequious; fawning; cringing. ...

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Knee-deep
·adj Sunk to the knees; as, men knee-deep in water. II. Knee-deep ·adj Rising to the knees; knee-hi...

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Knee-high
·adj Rising or reaching upward to the knees; as, the water is knee-high. ...

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Knock-knee
·noun A condition in which the knees are bent in so as to touch each other in walking; inknee. ...

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Thick-knee
·noun A stone curlew. ·see under <<Stone>>. ...

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red-knee
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dagger-knee
A substitute for the hanging-knee, applied to the under side of the lodging-knee; it is placed out o...

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gammon-knee
A knee-timber fayed and bolted to the stem, a little below the bowsprit. ...

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heel-knee
The compass-piece which connects the keel with the stern-post. ...

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knee-timber
That sort of crooked timber which forms at its back or elbow an angle of from 24° to 45°; but the mo...

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stem-knee
In ship-building, the compass-timber which connects the keel with the stem. (See dead-wood knees.) ...

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stern-knee
Synonymous with stern-son (which see). ...

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hanging standard-knee
A knee fayed vertically beneath a hold-beam, with one arm bolted on the lower side of the beam. ...

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knee of the head
A large flat piece of timber, fixed edgeways, and fayed upon the fore-part of a ship's stem, support...

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