Kneebrush () 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 () The kneepan.

Kneecap () A cap or protection for the knee.

Knee-crooking () Obsequious; fawning; cringing.

Kneed () Having knees;- used chiefly in composition; as, in-kneed; out-kneed; weak-kneed.

Kneed () Geniculated; forming an obtuse angle at the joints, like the knee when a little bent; as, kneed grass.

Knee-deep () Rising to the knees; knee-high; as, water or snow knee-deep.

Knee-deep () Sunk to the knees; as, men knee-deep in water.

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

Kneejoint () The joint of the knee.

Kneejoint () 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 () Geniculate; kneed. See Kneed, a., 2.

Knelt () of Kneel

Kneeled () of Kneel

Kneeling () of Kneel

Kneel () To bend the knee; to fall or rest on the knees; -- sometimes with down.

Kneeler () One who kneels or who worships by or while kneeling.

Kneeler () A cushion or stool to kneel on.

Kneeler () A name given to certain catechumens and penitents who were permitted to join only in parts of church worship.

Kneelingly () In a kneeling position.

Kneepan () A roundish, flattened, sesamoid bone in the tendon in front of the knee joint; the patella; the kneecap.

Kneepiece () A piece shaped like a knee; as, the kneepieces or ears of a boat.

Knell () 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 () of Knell

Knelling () of Knell

Knell () To sound as a knell; especially, to toll at a death or funeral; hence, to sound as a warning or evil omen.

Knell () To summon, as by a knell.

Knelt () of Kneel.

Knew () of Know.

Knicker () A small ball of clay, baked hard and oiled, used as a marble by boys in playing.

Knickerbockers () The name for a style of short breeches; smallclothes.

Knickknack () A trifle or toy; a bawble; a gewgaw.

Knickknackatory () A collection of knickknacks.

Knickknackery () Knickknacks.

Knives () of Knife

Knife () 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 () A sword or dagger.

Knifed () of Knife

Knifing () of Knife

Knife () To prune with the knife.

Knife () To cut or stab with a knife.

Knifeboard () A board on which knives are cleaned or polished.

Knife-edge () 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 () A young servant or follower; a military attendant.

Knight () 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 () 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 () A champion; a partisan; a lover.

Knight () A piece used in the game of chess, usually bearing a horse's head.

Knight () A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack.

Knighted () of Knight

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