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Having knees;- used chiefly in composition; as, in-kneed; out- kneed; weak-kneed.

The joint of the knee.

Geniculate; kneed. See Kneed, a., 2.

To bend the knee; to fall or rest on the knees; -- sometimes with down. And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. Acts vii. 60. As soon as you are dressed, kneel and say the Lord's Prayer. Jer. Taylor.

One who kneels or who worships by or while kneeling. Tennyson.

In a kneeling position.

A roundish, flattened, sesamoid bone in the tendon in front of the knee joint; the patella; the kneecap.

A piece shaped like a knee; as, the kneepieces or ears of a boat.

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.]

tering milky juice, and poisonous acrid fruit somewhat resembling an apple. Bastard manchineel, a tree (Cameraria latifolia) of the East Indies, having similar poisonous properties. Lindley.

A reception, or a musical or dramatic entertainment, held in the daytime. See SoirÉe.

My darling; -- an Irish term of endearment for a girl or woman. "Erin mavournin." Campbell.

A rude, fierce person. [Obs.] No savage fierce, bandit, or mountaineer. Milton.

A dish for keeping muffins hot.

One guilty of mutiny.

An annual grass (Eleusine coracona), cultivated in India as a food plant.

A person named, or designated, by another, to any office, duty, or position; one nominated, or proposed, by others for office or for election to office.

One or two whom a pledge is delivered as security; one who takes anything in pawn.

A tribe of Indians (called also Loups) who formerly occupied the region of the Platte river, but now live mostly in the Indian Territory. The term is often used in a wider sense to include also the related tribes of Rickarees and Wichitas. Called also Pani.