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

A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack. [Obs.] Carpet knight. See under 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 givin…

dealt to each player from a full pack. When five cards are used the highest card is the knave of clubs or (if so agreed upon) the knave of trumps; -- formerly called lanterloo.

Mean; contemptible; as, lousy knave. [Vulgar] Such lousy learning as this is. Bale.

To play on a lute, or as on a lute. Knaves are men That lute and flute fantastic tenderness. Tennyson.

n color, and when fresh of the consistence of honey, obtained from a bag being behind the navel of the male musk deer. It has a slightly bitter taste, but is specially remarkable for its powerful and enduring odor. It is used in medicine as a stimulant antispasmodic. The term is also applied to secretions of various ot…

See Navew.

A kind of turnip. See Navew.

mbulatories; -- used, generally, for any vestibule, lobby, or outer porch, leading to the nave of a church.

The nave of a church. Addison.

halfway between the fess point and the middle base point of an escutcheon; -- called also navel point. See Escutcheon.

Of or pertaining to the umbilicus, or navel.

A combining form indicating connection with, or relation to, the umbilicus, or navel.

A hernia at the navel.

Divination by means of a child's navel, to learn how many children the mother may have. Crabb.

A name of the Hesychasts, from their habit of gazing upon the navel.

The navel.

The operation of dividing the navel-string.

The knave of clubs. [Obs.] Pope.

al; noxious; pernicious; mischievous. "Corrupt and pestilent." Milton. "What a pestilent knave is this same!" Shak.