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Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) One of the knees which connect the transoms to the after timbers on the ship's quarter.

Fibula :: Fibula (n.) The outer and usually the smaller of the two bones of the leg, or hind limb, below the knee..

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

Kneeling :: Kneeling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Knee.

Knee :: Knee (n.) In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in man..

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..

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

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

Bend :: Bend (v. t.) To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to bend a bow; to bend the knee..

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..

Bowl-legged :: Bowl-legged (a.) Having crooked legs, esp. with the knees bent outward..

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..

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

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

Kneelingly :: Kneelingly (adv.) In a kneeling position.

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

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

Stool :: Stool (n.) A bench or form for resting the feet or the knees; a footstool; as, a kneeling stool..

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

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

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