Knight marshal
Knight″ mar″shal (?). (Eng. Law) An officer in the household of the British sovereign, who has cognizance of transgressions within the royal household and verge, and of contract...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Knight service
Knight″ serv″ice (?). (Eng. Feud. Law) A tenure of lands held by knights on condition of performing military service. See Chivalry, n., 4.
Knight service (2)
Knight service. Also Knight's service (�). 1. (Feud. Law) The military service by rendering which a knight held his lands; also, the tenure of lands held on condition of perform...
Knight Templar
Knight″ Tem″plar (?); pl.Knights Templars (�). See Commandery, n., 3, and also Templar, n., 1 and 3.
Knight-er-ratic
Knight″–er–rat″ic (?), a. Pertaining to a knight-errant or to knight-errantry. Quart. Rev.
Knight-errant
Knight″–er′rant (?), n.; pl.Knight-errants, or Knights-errant. A wandering knight; a knight who traveled in search of adventures, for the purpose of exhibiting military skill, p...
Knight-errantry
Knight″–er′rant‐ry (?), n.; pl.Knight-errantries (�). The character or actions of wandering knights; the practice of wandering in quest of adventures; chivalry; a quixotic or ro...
Knight's fee
Knight's fee. (Feudal Law) The fee of a knight; specif., the amount of land the holding of which imposed the obligation of knight service, being sometimes a hide or less, someti...
Knightage
Knight″age (?), n. The body of knights, taken collectively.
Knighthead
Knight″head′ (?), n.(Naut.) A bollard timber. See under Bollard.
Knighthood
Knight″hood (?), n. [Knight + hood: cf. AS. chihthād youth.] 1. The character, dignity, or condition of a knight, or of knights as a class; hence, chivalry. “O shame to knightho...
Knightless
Knight″less, a. Unbecoming a knight. “Knightless guile.” Spenser.
Knightliness
Knight″li‐ness (?), n. The character or bearing suitable for a knight; chivalry. Spenser.
Knightly
Knight′ly, a. [AS. cnihtlic boyish.] Of or pertaining to a knight; becoming a knight; chivalrous; as, a knightly combat; a knightly spirit.For knightly jousts and fierce encount...
Knightly (2)
Knight″ly, adv. In a manner becoming a knight.And why thou comest thus knightly clad in arms. Shak.
Knit
Knit (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Knit or Knitted; p. pr. & vb. n.Knitting.] [OE. knitten, knutten, As. cnyttan, fr. cnotta knot; akin to Icel. kn�ta, Sw. knyta, Dan. knytte. See Kno...
Knit (2)
Knit, v. i. 1. To form a fabric by interlacing yarn or thread; to weave by making knots or loops.2. To be united closely; to grow together; as, broken bones will in time knit an...
Knit (3)
Knit, n. Union knitting; texture. Shak.
Knitback
Knit″back′ (?), n.(Bot.) The plant comfrey; — so called from its use as a restorative. Dr. Prier.
Knitch
{ Knitch (?), Knitch″et (?), } n. [Cf. Knit.] A number of things tied or knit together; a bundle; a fagot. Halliwell.When they be dried, they ought to be made up into knitchets,...
Knits
Knits (?), n. pl. [Prob. same word as nit a louse's egg.] (Mining) Small particles of ore. Raymond.
Knitster
Knit″ster (?), n. A woman who knits. Halliwell.
Knitter
Knit″ter (?), n. One who, or that which, knits, joins, or unites; a knitting machine. Shak.
Knitting
Knit″ting (?), n. 1. The work of a knitter; the network formed by knitting.2. Union formed by knitting, as of bones.Knitting machine, one of a number of contrivances for mechani...
Knittle
Knit″tle (?), n. [From Knit.] 1. A string that draws together a purse or bag. Wright.2. pl.(Naut.) See Nettles.
Knives
Knives (?), n. pl. of Knife. See Knife.
Knob
Knob (?), n. [A modification of knop. Cf. Nob.] 1. A hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; a lump; as, a knob in the flesh, or on a bone.2. A knoblike ornament ...