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ecies of limpets. The shell has the form of a flattened cone. The common European limpet (Patella vulgata) is largely used for food.

Of or pertaining to the patella, or kneepan.

the leg. The cramp, divers nights, gripeth him in his legs. Sir T. More. Cramp bone, the patella of a sheep; -- formerly used as a charm for the cramp. Halliwell. "He could turn cramp bones into chess men." Dickens. -- Cramp ring, a ring formerly supposed to have virtue in averting or curing cramp, as having been con…

A small shellfish; the limpet or patella.

oom. -- Knee jerk (Physiol.) a jerk or kick produced by a blow or sudden strain upon the patellar tendon of the knee, which causes a sudden contraction of the quadriceps muscle; one of the so-called tendon reflexes. -- Knee joint. See in the Vocabulary. -- Knee timber, timber with knees or angles in it. -- Knee tri…

A jerk or kick produced by a blow or sudden strain upon the patellar tendon of the knee, which causes a sudden contraction of the quadriceps muscle.

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

Having the form of a patella.

A dish or plate of metal or earthenware; a patella.

An involuntary movement produced by reflex action. Patellar reflex. See Knee jerk, under Knee.

The patella, or kneepan.

bones, Sesamoid cartilages (Anat.), small bones or cartilages formed in tendons, like the patella and pisiform in man.

stifle joint. See Illust. under Horse. Stifle bone, a small bone at the stifle joint; the patella, or kneepan.

The patella, or kneepan. [Obs.] Ainsworth.