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<p><b>4.</b> <def>A bending of the knee, as in respect or courtesy.</def>

<blockquote>Give them title, <b>knee</b>, and approbation. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Knee breeches</col>. <cd>See under <er>Breeches</er>.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Knee holly</col>, <col>Knee holm</col></mcol> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>butcher's broom.</cd> -- <col>Knee jerk</col> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <cd>a jerk or kick produced by a blow or sudden strain upon the patellar tendon of the knee, which causes a sudden contraction of the quadriceps muscle; one of the so-called tendon reflexes.</cd> -- <col>Knee joint</col>. <cd>See in the Vocabulary.</cd> -- <col>Knee timber</col>, <cd>timber with knees or angles in it.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Knee tribute</col>, or <col>Knee worship</col>, <cd>tribute paid by kneeling; worship by genuflection. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "<i>Knee tribute<i> yet unpaid."</cd></cs>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Knee</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knee</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To supplicate by kneeling.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Fall down, and <b>knee</b> The way into his mercy. <i>Shak</i></blockquote>

<h1>Kneebrush</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knee"brush`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A tuft or brush of hair on the knees of some species of antelopes and other animals; -- chiefly used in the plural.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A thick mass or collection of hairs on the legs of bees, by aid of which they carry the collected pollen to the hive or nest; -- usually in the plural.</def>

<h1>Kneecap</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knee"cap`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The kneepan.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A cap or protection for the knee.</def>

<-- kneecap v. t. to break the knees of, often by shooting in the kneecap. -- a method of punishment sometimes used by criminal organizations against people who offend them -->

<h1>Knee-crooking</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knee"-crook`ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Obsequious; fawning; cringing.</def> "<i>Knee-crooking</i> knave."

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Kneed</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Kneed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Having knees;- used chiefly in composition; <as>as, in-<ex>kneed</ex>; out-<ex>kneed</ex>; weak-<ex>kneed</ex>.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Geniculated; forming an obtuse angle at the joints, like the knee when a little bent; <as>as, <ex>kneed</ex> grass</as>.</def>

<h1>Knee-deep</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knee"-deep`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Rising to the knees; knee-high; <as>as, water or snow <ex>knee-deep</ex></as>.</def>

<blockquote>Grass <b>knee-deep</b> within a month. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Sunk to the knees; <as>as, men <ex>knee-deep</ex> in water</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Where <b>knee-deep</b> the trees were standing. <i>Longfellow.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Knee-high</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knee"-high`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Rising or reaching upward to the knees; <as>as, the water is <ex>knee-high</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Kneejoint</h1> <Xpage=816>