Knighting () of Knight

Knight () To dub or create (one) a knight; -- done in England by the sovereign only, who taps the kneeling candidate with a sword, saying: Rise, Sir ---.

Knightage () To body of knights, taken collectively.

Knights bachelors () of Knight bachelor

Knight bachelor () A knight of the most ancient, but lowest, order of English knights, and not a member of any order of chivalry. See Bachelor, 4.

Knights bannerets () of Knight banneret

Knight banneret () A knight who carried a banner, who possessed fiefs to a greater amount than the knight bachelor, and who was obliged to serve in war with a greater number of attendants. The dignity was sometimes conferred by the sovereign in person on the field of battle.

Knight baro-net () See Baronet.

Knight-errants () of Knight-errant

Knights-errant () of Knight-errant

Knight-errant () A wandering knight; a knight who traveled in search of adventures, for the purpose of exhibiting military skill, prowess, and generosity.

Knight-errantries () of Knight-errantry

Knight-errantry () The character or actions of wandering knights; the practice of wandering in quest of adventures; chivalry; a quixotic or romantic adventure or scheme.

Knight-er-ratic () Pertaining to a knight-errant or to knight-errantry.

Knighthead () A bollard timber. See under Bollard.

Knighthood () The character, dignity, or condition of a knight, or of knights as a class; hence, chivalry.

Knighthood () The whole body of knights.

Knightless () Unbecoming a knight.

Knightliness () The character or bearing suitable for a knight; chivalry.

Knightly () Of or pertaining to a knight; becoming a knight; chivalrous; as, a knightly combat; a knightly spirit.

Knightly () In a manner becoming a knight.

Knight marshal () An officer in the household of the British sovereign, who has cognizance of transgressions within the royal household and verge, and of contracts made there, a member of the household being one of the parties.

Knight service () A tenure of lands held by knights on condition of performing military service. See Chivalry, n., 4.

Knights Templars () of Knight Templar

Knight Templar () See Commandery, n., 3, and also Templar, n., 1 and 3.

Knit () of Knit

Knitted () of Knit

Knitting () of Knit

Knit () To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying.

Knit () To form, as a textile fabric, by the interlacing of yarn or thread in a series of connected loops, by means of needles, either by hand or by machinery; as, to knit stockings.

Knit () To join; to cause to grow together.

Knit () To unite closely; to connect; to engage; as, hearts knit together in love.

Knit () To draw together; to contract into wrinkles.

Knit () To form a fabric by interlacing yarn or thread; to weave by making knots or loops.

Knit () To be united closely; to grow together; as, broken bones will in time knit and become sound.

Knit () Union knitting; texture.

Knitback () The plant comfrey; -- so called from its use as a restorative.

Knitch () Alt. of Knitchet

Knitchet () A number of things tied or knit together; a bundle; a fagot.

Knits () Small particles of ore.

Knitster () A woman who knits.

Knitter () One who, or that which, knits, joins, or unites; a knitting machine.

Knitting () The work of a knitter; the network formed by knitting.

Knitting () Union formed by knitting, as of bones.

Knittle () A string that draws together a purse or bag.

Knittle () See Nettles.

Knives () of Knife. See Knife.

Knob () A hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; a lump; as, a knob in the flesh, or on a bone.

Knob () A knoblike ornament or handle; as, the knob of a lock, door, or drawer.

Knob () A rounded hill or mountain; as, the Pilot Knob.

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