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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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..
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..
Binding :: Binding (pl.) The transoms, knees, beams, keelson, and other chief timbers used for connecting and strengthening the parts of a vessel..
Breech :: Breech (n.) The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the throat..
Crutch :: Crutch (n.) A knee, or piece of knee timber.
Kneelingly :: Kneelingly (adv.) In a kneeling position.
Kneel :: Kneel (v. i.) To bend the knee; to fall or rest on the knees; -- sometimes with down.
Knee-high :: Knee-high (a.) Rising or reaching upward to the knees; as, the water is knee-high..
Jambeux :: "Jambeux (n.) In the Middle Ages, armor for the legs below the knees..
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..
Bow :: Bow (v. i.) To bend the head, knee, or body, in token of reverence or submission; -- often with down..
Knock-kneed :: Knock-kneed (a.) Having the legs bent inward so that the knees touch in walking.
Prostration :: Prostration (n.) The act of falling down, or of bowing in humility or adoration; primarily, the act of falling on the face, but usually applied to kneeling or bowing in reverence and worship..
Genu :: Genu (n.) The knee.
Shortclothes :: Shortclothes (n.) Coverings for the legs of men or boys, consisting of trousers which reach only to the knees, -- worn with long stockings..
Beak :: Beak (n.) That part of a ship, before the forecastle, which is fastened to the stem, and supported by the main knee..
Greave :: Greave (n.) Armor for the leg below the knee; -- usually in the plural.
Know :: Know (n.) Knee.
Scramble :: Scramble (v. i.) To clamber with hands and knees; to scrabble; as, to scramble up a cliff; to scramble over the rocks..
Buck :: Buck (v. t.) To subject to a mode of punishment which consists in tying the wrists together, passing the arms over the bent knees, and putting a stick across the arms and in the angle formed by the knees..
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