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Bight :: Bight (v.) A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow; as, the bight of a horse's knee; the bight of an elbow..

Below :: Below (prep.) Under, or lower in place; beneath not so high; as, below the moon; below the knee..

Ear :: Ear (n.) That which resembles in shape or position the ear of an animal; any prominence or projection on an object, -- usually one for support or attachment; a lug; a handle; as, the ears of a tub, a skillet, or dish. The ears of a boat are outside kneepieces near the bow. See Illust. of Bell..

Courtesy :: Courtesy (n.) An act of civility, respect, or reverence, made by women, consisting of a slight depression or dropping of the body, with bending of the knees..

Genu :: Genu (n.) The kneelike bend, in the anterior part of the callosum of the brain..

Joint :: "Joint (n.) A joining of two things or parts so as to admit of motion; an articulation, whether movable or not; a hinge; as, the knee joint; a node or joint of a stem; a ball and socket joint. See Articulation..

Knee :: Knee (v. t.) To supplicate by kneeling.

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..

Knack-kneed :: Knack-kneed (a.) See Knock-kneed.

Inkneed :: Inkneed (a.) See Knock-kneed.

Kneed :: Kneed (a.) Geniculated; forming an obtuse angle at the joints, like the knee when a little bent; as, kneed grass..

Ham :: Ham (n.) The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock.

Creep :: Creep (v. t.) To move along the ground, or on any other surface, on the belly, as a worm or reptile; to move as a child on the hands and knees; to crawl..

Sterna :: Sternson (n.) The end of a ship's keelson, to which the sternpost is bolted; -- called also stern knee..

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.

Quadriceps :: Quadriceps (n.) The great extensor muscle of the knee, divided above into four parts which unite in a single tendon at the knee..

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

Knight :: Knight (v. t.) 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 ---..

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

Breech :: Breech (n.) The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the throat..

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