| kneebrush | 1. <zoology> A tuft or brush of hair on the knees of some species of antelopes and other animals; chiefly used in the plural. 2. <zoology> 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| kneecap | 1. <anatomy> The kneepan. 2. A cap or protection for the knee. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| kneed | 1. Having knees;- used chiefly in composition; as, in-kneed; out-kneed; weak-kneed. 2. <botany> Geniculated; forming an obtuse angle at the joints, like the knee when a little bent; as, kneed grass. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| kneejointed | <botany> Geniculate; kneed. See Kneed. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| kneepan | <anatomy> A roundish, flattened, sesamoid bone in the tendon in front of the knee joint; the patella; the kneecap. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Knemidokoptes | A genus of microscopic burrowing sarcoptid mites that infect fowl and caged birds; species include Knemidokoptes laevis var. Gallinae, the depluming mite, and Knemidokoptes mutans, the scaly leg mite. Origin: G. Kneme, leg, + kopto, to cut (05 Mar 2000) |
| KNF model | <abbreviation> Koshland-Nemethy-Filmer model. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kniest | Wilhelm, 20th century German paediatrician. See: Kniest syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kniest syndrome | <syndrome> A type of metatropic dwarfism with short limbs, round face with central depression, enlargement and stiffness of joints, contracture of fingers, and often cleft palate, scoliosis, retinal detachment and myopia, and deafness; autosomal dominant inheritance. (05 Mar 2000) |
| knife | Origin: OE. Knif, AS. Cnif; akin to D. Knijf, Icel. Knifr, Sw. Knif, Dan. Kniv. 1. An instrument consisting of a thin blade, usually of steel and having a sharp edge for cutting, fastened to a handle, but of many different forms and names for different uses; as, table knife, drawing knife, putty knife, pallet knife, pocketknife, penknife, chopping knife, etc. /as>. 2. A sword or dagger. "The coward conquest of a wretch's knife. <botany>" (Shak) Knife grass a tropical American sedge (Scleria latifolia), having leaves with a very sharp and hard edge, like a knife. War to the knife, mortal combat; a conflict carried to the last extremity. 1. <botany> To prune with the knife. 2. To cut or stab with a knife. Origin: Knifed; Knifing. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| knife needle | A very narrow, needle-pointed knife used in discission of a cataract. Synonym: cataract needle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| knife-rest crystal | A crystal of ammoniomagnesium phosphate found in alkaline urine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| knifeedge | <mechanics> 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. Knife-edge file. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| knight | 1. A young servant or follower; a military attendant. 2. In feudal times, a man-at-arms serving on horseback and admitted to a certain military rank with special ceremonies, including an oath to protect the distressed, maintain the right, and live a stainless life. One on whom knighthood, a dignity next below that of baronet, is conferred by the sovereign, entitling him to be addressed as Sir; as, Sir John. Hence: A champion; a partisan; a lover. "Give this ring to my true knight." Shak "In all your quarrels will I be your knight." "Knights, by their oaths, should right poor ladies' harms." (Shak) Formerly, when a knight's name was not known, it was customary to address him as Sir Knight. The rank of a knight is not hereditary. 3. A piece used in the game of chess, usually bearing a horse's head. 4. A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack. Carpet knight. See Carpet. Knight of industry. See Chevalier d'industrie, under Chevalier. Knight of Malta, Knight of Rhodes, Knight of St. John of Jerusalem. See Hospitaler. Knight of the post, one who gained his living by giving false evidence on trials, or false bail; hence, a sharper in general. "A knight of the post, . . . Quoth he, for so I am termed; a fellow that will swear you anything for twelve pence." . Knight of the shire, in England, one of the representatives of a county in Parliament, in distinction from the representatives of cities and boroughs. Knights commanders, Knights grand cross, different classes of the Order of the Bath. See Bath, and Companion. Knights of labour, a secret organization whose professed purpose is to secure and maintain the rights of workingmen as respects their relations to their employers. Knights of Pythias, a secret order, founded in Washington, d.C, in 1864, for social and charitable purposes. Knights of the Round Table, knights belonging to an order which, according to the legendary accounts, was instituted by the mythical King Arthur. They derived their common title from the table around which they sat on certain solemn days. Origin: OE. Knight, cniht, knight, soldier, As. Cniht, cneoht, a boy, youth, attendant, military follower; akin to D. & G. Knecht servant; perh. Akin to E. Kin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| knight-errantry | The character or actions of wandering knights; the practice of wandering in quest of adventures; chivalry; a quixotic or romantic adventure or scheme. "The rigid guardian [i. E, conscience] of a blameless heart Is weak with rank knight-erratries o'errun." (Young) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |