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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Knee \Knee\ (n[=e]), verb (used with an object) To supplicate by kneeling. [Obs.]
Fall down, and knee The way into his mercy. --Shak
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Knee \Knee\ (n[=e]), noun [OE. kne, cneo, As. cne['o], cne['o]w; akin to OS. knio, kneo, OFries. kn[=i], G. & D. knie, OHG. chniu, chneo, Icel. kn[=e], Sw. kn["a], Dan. kn[ae], Goth. kniu, L. genu, Gr. go'ny, Skr. j[=a]nu, [root]231. Cf. {Genuflection}.]
1. In man, the joint in the middle part of the leg.
2. (Anat.) (a) The joint, or region of the joint, between the thigh and leg. (b) In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in man.
3. (Mech. & Shipbuilding) A piece of timber or metal formed with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when bent.
4. A bending of the knee, as in respect or courtesy.
Give them title, knee, and approbation. --Shak.
{Knee breeches}. See under {Breeches}.
{Knee holly}, {Knee holm} (Bot.), butcher's broom.
{Knee joint}. See in the Vocabulary.
{Knee timber}, timber with knees or angles in it.
{Knee tribute}, or {Knee worship}, tribute paid by kneeling; worship by genuflection. [Obs.] ''Knee tribute yet unpaid.'' --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
knee
noun
1: hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella [syn: {knee joint}, {articulatio genus}, {genu}]
2: joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee [syn: {stifle}]
3: cloth covering consisting of the part of a trouser leg that covers the knee
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
99 Moby Thesaurus words for "knee": L, angle, ankle, apex, articulation, bayonet legs, bend, bifurcation, bight, boot, boundary, bowlegs, butt, calf, cant, cervix, chevron, clinch, closure, cnemis, coin, connecting link, connecting rod, connection, corner, coupling, crank, crook, crotchet, deflection, dogleg, dovetail, drumstick, elbow, ell, embrace, foreleg, fork, furcation, gamb, gambrel, gigot, gliding joint, ham, hind leg, hinge, hinged joint, hip, hock, hook, inflection, interface, jamb, join, joining, joint, juncture, kick, knuckle, leg, limb, link, miter, mortise, neck, nook, pivot, pivot joint, podite, point, popliteal space, punt, quoin, rabbet, scarf, scissor-legs, seam, shank, shin, shoulder, stems, stitch, stumps, suture, swerve, symphysis, tarsus, tie rod, toggle, toggle joint, trotters, union, veer, vertex, weld, wrist, zag, zig, zigzag
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