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<hw>Knee"joint`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The joint of the knee.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>A toggle joint; -- so called because consisting of two pieces jointed to each other end to end, making an angle like the knee when bent.</def>

<h1>Kneejointed</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knee"joint`ed</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Geniculate; kneed. See <er>Kneed</er>, <tt>a.</tt>, 2.</def>

<h1>Kneel</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Kneel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Knelt</er> <tt>(?)</tt> or <er>Kneeled</er> (<?/); <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Kneeling</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>knelen</ets>, <ets>cneolien</ets>; akin to D. <ets>knielen</ets>, Dan. <ets>kn\'91le</ets>. See <er>Knee</er>.]</ety> <def>To bend the knee; to fall or rest on the knees; -- sometimes with <i>down</i>.</def>

<blockquote>And he <b>kneeled</b> down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. <i>Acts vii. 60.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>As soon as you are dressed, <b>kneel</b> and say the Lord's Prayer. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Kneeler</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Kneel"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who kneels or who worships by or while kneeling.</def>

<i>Tennyson.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A cushion or stool to kneel on.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>A name given to certain catechumens and penitents who were permitted to join only in parts of church worship.</def>

<h1>Kneelingly</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Kneel"ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a kneeling position.</def>

<h1>Kneepan</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knee"pan`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A roundish, flattened, sesamoid bone in the tendon in front of the knee joint; the patella; the kneecap.</def>

<h1>Kneepiece</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knee"piece`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A piece shaped like a knee; <as>as, the <ex>kneepieces</ex> or ears of a boat</as>.</def>

<h1>Knell</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knell</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>knel</ets>, <ets>cnul</ets>, AS. <ets>cnyll</ets>, fr. <ets>cnyllan</ets> to sound a bell; cf. D. & G. <ets>knallen</ets> to clap, crack, G. & Sw. <ets>knall</ets> a clap, crack, loud sound, Dan. <ets>knalde</ets> to clap, crack. Cf. <er>Knoll</er>, <ets>n. & v.</ets>]</ety> <def>The stoke of a bell tolled at a funeral or at the death of a person; a death signal; a passing bell; hence, figuratively, a warning of, or a sound indicating, the passing away of anything.</def>

<blockquote>The dead man's <b>knell</b> Is there scarce asked for who. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The curfew tolls the <b>knell</b> of parting day. <i>Gray.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Knell</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knell</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Knelled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Knelling</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>knellen</ets>, <ets>knillen</ets>, As. <ets>cnyllan</ets>. See <er>Knell</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>To sound as a knell; especially, to toll at a death or funeral; hence, to sound as a warning or evil omen.</def>

<blockquote>Not worth a blessing nor a bell to <b>knell</b> for thee. <i>Beau. & Fl.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Yet all that poets sing, and grief hath known, Of hopes laid waste, <b>knells</b> in that word, "alone". <i>Ld. Lytton.</i></blockquote>

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