Definition of knee

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Knee (n.) A piece of timber or metal formed with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when bent.

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Scrabble :: Scrabble (n.) The act of scrabbling; a moving upon the hands and knees; a scramble; also, a scribble..
Korrigum :: Korrigum (n.) A West African antelope (Damalis Senegalensis), allied to the sassaby. It is reddish gray, with a black face, and a black stripe on the outside of the legs above the knees..
Thick-knee :: Thick-knee (n.) A stone curlew. See under Stone.
Stifled :: Stifle (n.) The joint next above the hock, and near the flank, in the hind leg of the horse and allied animals; the joint corresponding to the knee in man; -- called also stifle joint. See Illust. under Horse..
Kneeler :: Kneeler (n.) One who kneels or who worships by or while kneeling.
Bow :: Bow (v. i.) To bend the head, knee, or body, in token of reverence or submission; -- often with down..
Scramble :: Scramble (v. i.) To clamber with hands and knees; to scrabble; as, to scramble up a cliff; to scramble over the rocks..
Cower :: Cower (v. i.) To stoop by bending the knees; to crouch; to squat; hence, to quail; to sink through fear..
Kneepiece :: Kneepiece (n.) A piece shaped like a knee; as, the kneepieces or ears of a boat..
Leg :: Leg (n.) A limb or member of an animal used for supporting the body, and in running, climbing, and swimming; esp., that part of the limb between the knee and foot..
Genuflection :: Genuflection (n.) The act of bending the knee, particularly in worship..
Sterna :: Sternson (n.) The end of a ship's keelson, to which the sternpost is bolted; -- called also stern knee..
Dandle :: Dandle (v. t.) To move up and down on one's knee or in one's arms, in affectionate play, as an infant..
Hamstring :: Hamstring (n.) One of the great tendons situated in each side of the ham, or space back of the knee, and connected with the muscles of the back of the thigh..
Kneebrush :: Kneebrush (n.) 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..
Genu :: Genu (n.) The knee.
Kneejoint :: Kneejoint (n.) 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..
Kneecap :: Kneecap (n.) A cap or protection for the knee.
Genu :: Genu (n.) The kneelike bend, in the anterior part of the callosum of the brain..
Baker-legged :: Baker-legged (a.) Having legs that bend inward at the knees.
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