Part 6286

<blockquote>The rigid guardian [<it>i. e.</it>, conscience] of a blameless heart Is weak with rank <b>knight-erratries</b> o'errun. <i>Young.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Knight-er-ratic</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knight"-er-rat"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to a knight-errant or to knight-errantry.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Quart. Rev.</i>

<h1>Knighthead</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knight"head`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A bollard timber. See under <er>Bollard</er>.</def>

<h1>Knighthood</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knight"hood</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Knight</ets> + <ets>hood</ets>: cf. AS. <ets>chihth\'bed</ets> youth.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The character, dignity, or condition of a knight, or of knights as a class; hence, chivalry.</def> "O shame to <i>knighthood</i>."

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>If you needs must write, write C\'91sar's praise; You 'll gain at least a <b>knighthood</b>, or the bays. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The whole body of knights.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>knighthood</b> nowadays are nothing like the <b>knighthood</b> of old time. <i>Chapman.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; "When the order of <i>knighthood</i> was conferred with full solemnity in the leisure of a court or court or city, imposing preliminary ceremonies were required of the candidate. He prepared himself by prayer and fasting, watched his arms at night in a chapel, and was then admitted with the performance of religious rites. <i>Knighthood</i> was conferred by the <i>accolade</i>, which, from the derivation of the name, would appear to have been originally an embrace; but afterward consisted, as it still does, in a blow of the flat of a sword on the back of the kneeling candidate."</note>

<i>Brande & C.</i>

<h1>Knightless</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knight"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Unbecoming a knight.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "<i>Knightless</i> guile."

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Knightliness</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knight"li*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The character or bearing suitable for a knight; chivalry.</def>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Knightly</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knight`ly</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>cnihtlic</ets> boyish.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to a knight; becoming a knight; chivalrous; <as>as, a <ex>knightly</ex> combat; a <ex>knightly</ex> spirit.</as></def>

<blockquote>For <b>knightly</b> jousts and fierce encounters fit. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>[Excuses] full <b>knightly</b> without scorn. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Knightly</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knight"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a manner becoming a knight</def>.

<blockquote>And why thou comest thus <b>knightly</b> clad in arms. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Knight marshal</h1> <Xpage=816>