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See Kiefekil.

Obsequious; fawning; cringing. "Knee-crooking knave." Shak.

Rising to the knees; knee-high; as, water or snow knee-deep. Grass knee-deep within a month. Milton.

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

m, scale beam, or other piece required to oscillate with the least possible friction. Knife-edge file. See Illust. of File.

A shrub in the West Indies (Lagetta Iintearia); -- so called from the lacelike layers of its inner bark.

Having thin, transparent, reticulated wings; as, the lace- winged flies.

See Lake dwellers, under Lake.

Possessing much land.

Having large hands, Fig.: Taking, or giving, in large quantities; rapacious or bountiful.

Having a large or generous heart or disposition; noble; liberal. -- Large"-heart`ed*ness, n.

Having large, pendent ears. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Taking of leave; parting compliments. Shak.

See Leze majesty.

Giving life or spirit; having power to give life; inspiriting; invigorating.

An apparatus, made in very various forms, and of various materials, for saving one from drowning by buoying up the body while in the water. -- Life"-pre*serv`ing, a.

That saves life, or is suited to save life, esp. from drowning; as, the life-saving service; a life-saving station.

Of full size; of the natural size.

Weary of living. Shak.

Having a like disposition or purpose; of the same mind. Tillotson.