A glen; a ravine closed at its upper end.

See Kleptomania.

To seize with the teeth; to gnaw.

To bite or nibble.

A petty contrivance; a toy; a plaything; a knickknack.

See Knock-kneed.

a harness maker.

Trickish; artful.

Having a knack; cunning; crafty; trickish.

A knot in wood; a protuberance.

Full of knots; knaggy.

Knotty; rough; figuratively, rough in temper.

A sharp blow or slap.

The bladder campion (Silene inflata).

Snappish; peevish.

To break off with an abrupt, sharp noise; to bite; to nibble.

Having knaps; full of protuberances or humps; knobby.

A case of canvas, leather, nylon, or other sturdy fabric, fitted with straps, for carrying on the back the food, clothing, or other supplies for a soldier or a traveler; as, to hike up the mountain with lunch in a knapsack.

The black centaury (Centaurea nigra); -- so called from the knoblike heads of flowers. Called also bullweed.

See Gnar.

A knot in wood. See Gnarl.

Knotted. See Gnarled.

Knotty; gnarled.

Knotty; gnarled.

A boy; especially, a boy servant.

The practices of a knave; petty villainy; fraud; trickery; a knavish action.

A small due, in meal, established by usage, which is paid to the under miller.

A knavish woman.

Like or characteristic of a knave{3}; given to knavery; trickish; fraudulent; dishonest; villainous; as, a knavish fellow, or a knavish trick.

In a knavish manner; dishonestly; fraudulently.

The quality or state of being knavish; knavery; dishonesty.

See Gnaw.

A low, spreading weed (Scleranthus annuus), common in sandy soil.

To work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; esp., to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles, into a well mixed mass, as the materials of bread, cake, etc.; as, to knead dough.

To perform movements like kneading, with the paws; -- said of cats, which may knead{3} a master's body when stroked, presumably a sign of contentment; as, a cat kneading and purring in his master's lap.

That may be kneaded; capable of being worked into a mass.

One who kneads.

In the manner of one kneading.

A mineral of a gray, red, brown, or green color, and glistening luster. It is a silicate of iron and manganese.

The twisting of a rope or cable, as it is running out.

To supplicate by kneeling.

emotional and predictable; -- of certain people and their reactions to events.

Obsequious; fawning; cringing.

Rising to the knees; knee-high; as, water or snow knee-deep.

Rising or reaching upward to the knees; as, the water is knee-high.

A tuft or brush of hair on the knees of some species of antelopes and other animals; -- chiefly used in the plural.

to break the knees of, especially by shooting in the kneecap; -- often done by criminal or terrorist groups as a warning or punishment.

Having knees;- used chiefly in composition; as, in-kneed; out-kneed; weak-kneed.

The joint of the knee.

Geniculate; kneed. See Kneed, a., 2.

To bend the knee; to fall or rest on the knees; -- sometimes with down.

One who kneels or who worships by or while kneeling.

In a kneeling position.

A roundish, flattened, sesamoid bone in the tendon in front of the knee joint; the patella; the kneecap.

A piece shaped like a knee; as, the kneepieces or ears of a boat.

Treatment of disease by forms of hydrotherapy, as walking barefoot in the morning dew, baths, wet compresses, cold affusions, etc.; -- so called from its originator, Sebastian Kneipp (1821-97), a German priest.

To summon, as by a knell.

imp. p. p. of Kneel.

imp. of Know.

A small ball of clay, baked hard and oiled, used as a marble by boys in playing.

The name for a style of short breeches; smallclothes; called also knickers.

The name for a style of loose-fitting short trousers, gathered in and ending at the knees; smallclothes; called also knickerbockers.

A trifle or toy; a bawble; a gewgaw; a tchotchke.

A collection of knickknacks.

Knickknacks.

To prune with the knife.

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 other piece required to oscillate with the least possible friction.

A board on which knives are cleaned or polished.

To dub or create (one) a knight; -- done in England by the sovereign only, who taps the kneeling candidate with a sword, saying: Rise, Sir ---.

See Baronet.

An officer in the household of the British sovereign, who has cognizance of transgressions within the royal household and verge, and of contracts made there, a member of the household being one of the parties.

See Commandery, n., 3, and also Templar, n., 1 and 3.

Pertaining to a knight-errant or to knight-errantry.

A wandering knight; a knight who traveled in search of adventures, for the purpose of exhibiting military skill, prowess, and generosity.

The character or actions of wandering knights; the practice of wandering in quest of adventures; chivalry; a quixotic or romantic adventure or scheme.

The military service by rendering which a knight held his lands.

The body of knights, taken collectively.

A bollard timber. See under Bollard.

The character, dignity, or condition of a knight, or of knights as a class; hence, chivalry.

Unbecoming a knight.

The character or bearing suitable for a knight; chivalry.

In a manner becoming a knight.

A fried, or sometimes baked, turnover made from a round or square sheet of dough containing a filling, usually of meat or potatoes.

Union knitting; texture.

The plant comfrey; -- so called from its use as a restorative.

A number of things tied or knit together; a bundle; a fagot.

Small particles of ore.

A woman who knits.

One who, or that which, knits, joins, or unites; a knitting machine.

The work of a knitter; the network formed by knitting; knitwork.

A string that draws together a purse or bag.

knitted clothing.

A network of yarn created by interlacing threads of yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine; knitting.

n. pl. of Knife. See Knife.

To grow into knobs or bunches; to become knobbed.

Containing knobs; full of knobs; ending in a nob. See Illust of Antenna.

See Knobbler.

Rough dressing by knocking off knobs or projections.

The hart in its second year; a young deer.

A bloomery fire. See Bloomery.

Full of, or covered with, knobs or hard protuberances.

A short wooden club with a knobbed end used as a missile weapon by Kafir and other native tribes of South Africa.

One who refuses to join, or withdraws from, a trade union.

A blow; a stroke with something hard or heavy; a jar.

To strike down; to fell; to prostrate by a blow or by blows; as, to knock down an assailant.

to quit (working).

A condition in which the knees are bent in so as to touch each other in walking; inknee.

Having the legs bent inward so that the knees touch in walking.

knock-knee.

That knocks off; of or pertaining to knocking off.

That knocks out; characterized by knocking out; as, a knock-out blow; a knock-out key for knocking out a drill from a collet.

Drops of any drug, used to a person to fall asleep or become unconscious or stupefied for the purpose of robbery, etc.; they are usually mixed into a drink so that the person consuming it does so unknowingly. One compound used for this purpose is chloral hydrate.

Act of knocking out, or state of being knocked out; the act of rendering a person unconscious by a blow.

A small yacht, generally from fifteen to twenty-five feet in length, having a mainsail and a jib; a sloop with a simplified rig and no bowsprit. All knockabouts have ballast and either a keel or centerboard. The original type was twenty-one feet in length. The next larger type is called a raceabout.

Marked by knocking about or roughness.

Of force sufficient to fell or completely overthrow; as, a knockdown blow; a knockdown argument..

marked by extreme violence; -- of fights; also used metaphorically of fierce contests; as, a knock-down-and-drag-out fight; a knockdown-dragout competition for the browser market.

damaged; -- not used of persons; as, the gym has some of the most knocked-out equipment since Vic Tanny. Opposite of undamaged.

One who, or that which, knocks; specifically, an instrument, or kind of hammer, fastened to a door, to be used in seeking for admittance.

A beating; a rap; a series of raps.