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Having the legs bent inward so that the knees touch in walking. [Written also knack-kneed.]

A stone curlew. See under Stone.

Having weak knees; hence, easily yielding; wanting resolution. H. James.

y; widely extended. All the people in that ample house Did to that image bow their humble knees. Spenser.

e up from one's bed or place of repose; to mount; to ascend; to rise; as, to arise from a kneeling posture; a cloud arose; the sun ariseth; he arose early in the morning.

Having legs that bend inward at the knees.

velvet or brocade, but sometimes of mailed armor) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower. [Obs.]

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

A thick piece of timber in the form of a knee, placed across the stem of a ship to strengthen the fore part and unite the bows on each side. Totten.

The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the throat.

uling lines. -- Breeches pipe, a forked pipe forming two branches united at one end. -- Knee breeches, breeches coming to the knee, and buckled or fastened there; smallclothes. -- To wear the breeches, to usurp the authority of the husband; -- said of a wife. [Colloq.]