Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Kneeler

Kneel″er (?), n. 1. One who kneels or who worships by or while kneeling. Tennyson.2. A cushion or stool to kneel on.3. (Eccl. Hist.) A name given to certain catechumens and peni...

677

Kneelingly

Kneel″ing‐ly, adv. In a kneeling position.

678

Kneepan

Knee″pan′ (?), n.(Anat.) A roundish, flattened, sesamoid bone in the tendon in front of the knee joint; the patella; the kneecap.

679

Kneepiece

Knee″piece′ (?), n. A piece shaped like a knee; as, the kneepieces or ears of a boat.

680

Kneippism

Kneipp″ism (?), n. Also Kneipp's, orKneipp, cure (�). Treatment of disease by forms of hydrotherapy, as walking barefoot in the morning dew, baths, wet compresses, cold affusion...

681

Knell

Knell (?), n. [OE. knel, cnul, AS. cnyll, fr. cnyllan to sound a bell; cf. D. & G. knallen to clap, crack, G. & Sw. knall a clap, crack, loud sound, Dan. knalde to clap, crack. ...

682

Knell (2)

Knell, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Knelled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Knelling.] [OE. knellen, knillen, As. cnyllan. See Knell, n.] To sound as a knell; especially, to toll at a death or funera...

683

Knell (3)

Knell, v. t. To summon, as by a knell.Each matin bell, the baron saith,Knells us back to a world of death. Coleridge.

684

Knelt

Knelt (?), imp. & p. p. of Kneel.

685

Knew

Knew (?), imp. of Know.

686

Knicker

Knick″er (?), n. [D. knikker.] A small ball of clay, baked hard and oiled, used as a marble by boys in playing. Halliwell. Bartlett.

687

Knickerbocker

Knick″er‐bock′er, n. A linsey-woolsey fabric having a rough knotted surface on the right side; used for women's dresses.

688

Knickerbockers

Knick″er‐bock′ers (?), n. pl. The name for a style of short breeches; smallclothes.

689

Knickknack

Knick″knack′ (?), n. [See Knack.] A trifle or toy; a bawble; a gewgaw.

690

Knickknackatory

Knick″knack′a‐to‐ry (?), n. A collection of knickknacks. Richardson.

691

Knickknackery

Knick″knack′er‐y (?), n. Knickknacks.

692

Knife

Knife (?), n.; pl.Knives (#). [OE. knif, AS. cnīf; akin to D. knijf, Icel. knīfr, Sw. knif, Dan. kniv.] 1. An instrument consisting of a thin blade, usually of steel and having ...

693

Knife (2)

Knife, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Knifed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Knifing (?).] 1. (Hort.) To prune with the knife.2. To cut or stab with a knife.

694

Knife (3)

Knife, v. t. Fig.: To stab in the back; to try to defeat by underhand means, esp. in politics; to vote or work secretly against (a candidate of one's own party).

695

Knife switch

Knife switch. (Elec.) A switch consisting of one or more knifelike pieces hinged at one end and making contact near the other with flat gripping springs.

696

Knife-edge

Knife″–edge′ (?), n.(Mech.) A piece of steel sharpened to an acute edge or angle, and resting on a smooth surface, serving as the axis of motion of a pendulum, scale beam, or ot...

697

Knifeboard

Knife″board′ (?), n. A board on which knives are cleaned or polished.

698

Knight

Knight (?), n. [OE. knight, cniht, knight, soldier, As. cniht, cneoht, a boy, youth, attendant, military follower; akin to D. & G. knecht servant; perh. akin to E. kin.] 1. A yo...

699

Knight (2)

Knight, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Knighted; p. pr. & vb. n.Knighting.] To dub or create (one) a knight; — done in England by the sovereign only, who taps the kneeling candidate with a ...

700

Knight bachelor

Knight″ bach″e‐lor (?); pl.Knights bachelors (�). A knight of the most ancient, but lowest, order of English knights, and not a member of any order of chivalry. See Bachelor, 4.

701

Knight banneret

Knight″ ban″ner‐et (?); pl.Knights bannerets. A knight who carried a banner, who possessed fiefs to a greater amount than the knight bachelor, and who was obliged to serve in wa...

702

Knight baronet

Knight″ bar″o‐net (?). See Baronet.