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a ship, before the forecastle, which is fastened to the stem, and supported by the main knee.

of inanimate objects; as, the behavior of a ship in a storm; the behavior of the magnetic needle. A gentleman that is very singular in his behavior. Steele. To be upon one's good behavior, To be put upon one's good behavior, to be in a state of trial, in which something important depends on propriety of conduct. -- Du…

Supplying need; profitable; advantageous. [Obs.] Udall.

Under, or lower in place; beneath not so high; as, below the moon; below the knee. Shak.

to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to bend a bow; to bend the knee.

A collected series of benedictions. The benedictionary of Bishop Athelwold. G. Gurton's Needle.

To give; to offer; to commit. [Obs.] To whom, with all submission, on my knee I do bequeath my faithful services And true subjection everlastingly. Shak.

is forced through the molten metal; -- so called from Sir Henry Bessemer, an English engineer, the inventor of the process.

To dwell; to inhabit; to abide; to stay. All knees to thee shall bow of them that bide In heaven or earth, or under earth, in hell. Milton.

A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow; as, the bight of a horse's knee; the bight of an elbow.

of which he keeps in possession, one is kept by the shipper, and one is sent to the consignee of the goods. -- Bill of mortality, an official statement of the number of deaths in a place or district within a given time; also, a district required to be covered by such statement; as, a place within the bills of mortalit…

The transoms, knees, beams, keelson, and other chief timbers used for connecting and strengthening the parts of a vessel.

, or for the more convenient insertion of a door or window at a future time, should it be needed. -- Blank indorsement (Law), an indorsement which omits the name of the person in whose favor it is made; it is usually made by simply writing the name of the indorser on the back of the bill. -- Blank line (Print.), a va…

A short needle with a strong point. See Needle.

A kind of needle with a large eye and a blunt point, for drawing tape, ribbon, etc., through a loop or a hem; a tape needle. Wedged whole ages in a bodkin's eye. Pope.

An accomplice of a gambler, auctioneer, etc., who entices others to bet or to bid; a decoy. [Cant] Bonnet head (Zoöl.), a shark (Sphyrna tiburio) of the southern United States and West Indies. -- Bonnet limpet (Zoöl.), a name given, from their shape, to various species of shells (family Calyptræidæ). -- Bonnet monkey…

take; to derive. Any drop thou borrowedst from thy mother. Shak. To borrow trouble, to be needlessly troubled; to be overapprehensive.

To bend the head, knee, or body, in token of reverence or submission; -- often with down. O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker. Ps. xcv. 6.

Having crooked legs, esp. with the knees bent outward. Johnson.

A shot, crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support.