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Trousers :: Trousers (n. pl.) A garment worn by men and boys, extending from the waist to the knee or to the ankle, and covering each leg separately..

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

Thoroughpin :: Thoroughpin (n.) A disease of the hock (sometimes of the knee) of a horse, caused by inflammation of the synovial membrane and a consequent excessive secretion of the synovial fluid; -- probably so called because there is usually an oval swelling on each side of the leg, appearing somewhat as if a pin had been thrust through..

Shin :: Shin (n.) The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone; the lower part of the leg; the shank.

Patellar :: Patellar (a.) Of or pertaining to the patella, or kneepan..

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

Geniculation :: Geniculation (n.) The act of kneeling.

Supporter :: Supporter (n.) A knee placed under the cathead.

Thigh :: Thigh (n.) The proximal segment of the hind limb between the knee and the trunk. See Femur.

Thick-knee :: Thick-knee (n.) A stone curlew. See under Stone.

Arise :: Arise (v. i.) To come up from a lower to a higher position; to come above the horizon; to come up from one's bed or place of repose; to mount; to ascend; to rise; as, to arise from a kneeling posture; a cloud arose; the sun ariseth; he arose early in the morning..

Sartorius :: Sartorius (n.) A muscle of the thigh, called the tailor's muscle, which arises from the hip bone and is inserted just below the knee. So named because its contraction was supposed to produce the position of the legs assumed by the tailor in sitting..

Baker-legged :: Baker-legged (a.) Having legs that bend inward at the knees.

Hose :: Hose (n.) Close-fitting trousers or breeches, as formerly worn, reaching to the knee..

Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To cease to be erect; to take suddenly a recumbent posture; to become prostrate; to drop; as, a child totters and falls; a tree falls; a worshiper falls on his knees..

Knee :: Knee (n.) A bending of the knee, as in respect or courtesy..

Kneeled :: Kneeled () of Knee.

Priedieu :: Priedieu (n.) A kneeling desk for prayers.

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

Kneebrush :: Kneebrush (n.) A tuft or brush of hair on the knees of some species of antelopes and other animals; -- chiefly used in the plural.

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