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A horseman; a knight; a gallant young man. "Mount, chevaliers; to arms." Shak.

refixed to his name by the oldest son, until he succeeded to his ancestral titles, or was knighted; as, Childe Roland.

The hardened part of a casting, as the tread of a car wheel. Knight. Chill and fever, fever and ague.

A small tool used in cleaving laths. Knight.

Relating to chivalry; knightly; chivalrous.

Pertaining to chivalry or knight-errantry; warlike; heroic; gallant; high-spirited; high-minded; magnanimous. In brave pursuit of chivalrous emprise. Spenser.

A body or order of cavaliers or knights serving on horseback; illustrious warriors, collectively; cavalry. "His Memphian chivalry." Milton. By his light Did all the chivalry of England move, To do brave acts. Shak.

trap for holding parts together; the iron strap, with loop, at the ends of a whiffletree. Knight.

ting material on the outside of a boiler, or steam chamber, to prevent radiation of heat. Knight.

A diversity of colors in yarn, recurring at regular intervals. Knight.

e used in returning water to a channel after depositing its sediment on the flooded land. Knight.

verlapping, used in bending chain sheets to the clews of sails; -- called also clip hook. Knight.

The bridge piece which affords a bearing for the pivot of a balance in a clock or watch. Knight. Ball cock. See under Ball. -- Chaparral cock. See under Chaparral. -- Cock and bull story, an extravagant, boastful story; a canard. -- Cock of the plains (Zoöl.) See Sage cock. -- Cock of the rock (Zoöl.), a South Amer…

The fire chamber of a furnace. [Eng.] Knight.

Rubblework faced with stone. Knight.

A tenon in a scarf joint; a coak. Knight.

Recollection; recognition. Who, soon as on that knight his eye did glance, Eftsoones of him had perfect cognizance. Spenser.

An inferior groom or lad employed by an esquire to carry the knight's arms and other necessaries. [Written also coistrel.]

An ornament worn round the neck by knights, having on it devises to designate their rank or order.

A tool to polish the edge of a sole. Knight.