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Treatment of disease by forms of hydrotherapy, as walking barefoot in the morning dew, baths, wet compresses, cold affusions, etc.; -- so called from its originator, Sebastian Kneipp (1821-97), a German priest.

A condition in which the knees are bent in so as to touch each other in walking; inknee.

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

epends; the gist of a matter. [Obs.] I shoulde to the knotte condescend, And maken of her walking soon an end. Chaucer.

le for their power of living out of water, and for their tenacity of life; -- called also walking fishes.

A severe lecture; reproof; rebuke; warning. She would give her a lesson for walking so late. Sir. P. Sidney.

o hieroglyphics; also called snakewood, and leopardwood. It is much used for bows and for walking sticks.

Lively in walking or running; brisk; light-footed.

To proceed by walking in a body or in military order; as, the German army marched into France.

A walking-stick insect. [Texas]

Somnambulism; walking in sleep. Quain.

Thou wilt die by God's just ordinance. Shak. By custom and the ordinance of times. Shak. Walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. Luke i. 6.

hind legs, which in some genera had only three functional toes, and supported the body in walking as in Iguanodon. See Illust. in Appendix.

x denoting that which pertains to, or serves for; as in ambulatory, that which serves for walking; consistory, factory, etc.

To excel in walking; to leave behind in walking. B. Jonson.

To wear a path by walking. [Prov. Eng.]

Putting the whole foot upon the ground in walking, as some mammals.

To make an exhibition or spectacle of one's self, as by walking in a public place.

its natural state, about or adjacent to a residence, as for the preservation of game, for walking, riding, or the like. Chaucer. While in the park I sing, the listening deer Attend my passion, and forget to fear. Waller.

or plots, in which flowers are cultivated, with intervening spaces of gravel or turf for walking on.