Emily Dickinson Lexicon

KNAR, n. [nar. G. knor, or knorren; D. knor.]

A knot in wood. Dryden.

KNARL'ED, a.

Knotted. [See Gnarled.]

KNAR'RY, a.

Knotty. Chaucer.

KNAVE, n. [nave. Sax. cnapa or cnafa, a boy; G. knabe; D. knaap; Dan. knab; originally, a boy or young man, then a servant, and lastly a rogue.]

1. A boy; a man-child. [Obs.]
2. A servant. [Obs.] Dryden.
3. A false deceitful fellow; a dishonest man or boy. In defiance of demonstration, knaves will continue to proselyte fools. Ames.
4. A card with a soldier painted on it. Hudibras.

KNAVE'RY, n. [na'very.]

1. Dishonesty; deception in traffick; trick; petty villainy; fraud. Shak. Dryden.
2. Mischievous tricks or practices.

KNAV'ISH, a. na'vish.

1. Dishonest; fraudulent; as, a knavish fellow, or a knavish trick or transaction.
2. Waggish; mischievous. Cupid is a knavish lad, Thus to make poor females mad. Shak.

KNAV'ISH-LY, adv. na'vishly.

1. Dishonestly; fraudulently.
2. Waggishly; mischievously.

KNAV'ISH-NESS, n. [na'vishness.]

The quality or habit of knavery; dishonesty.

KNAW'EL, n. naw'el.

A species of plant.

KNEAD, v.t. nead. [Sax. cnaedan; G. kneten; D. kneeden; Dan. kneder; Sw. knoda.]

To work and press ingredients into a mass, usually with the hands; particularly, to work into a well mixed mass the materials of bread, cake or paste; as, to knead dough. The cake she kneaded was the savory meat. Prior.

KNEAD'ED, pp. [neaded.]

Worked and pressed together.

KNEAD'ING, ppr. [neading.]

Working and mixing into a well mixed mass.

KNEAD'ING-TROUGH, n. [neading-trauf.]

A trough or tray in which dough is worked and mixed.

KNEB'EL-ITE, n. [neb'elite. from Von Knebel.]

A mineral of a gray color, spotted with dirty white, brownish green, or green. Phillips.

KNEE, n. nee. [Sax. cneow; G. knie; D. knie; Sw. knä; Dan. knae; Fr. genou; It. ginocchio; L. genut; Gr. {foreign}; Sans. janu. As the same word in Saxon signifies generation, it appears to belong to the family of {foreign}, geno, and to signify a shoot or protuberance.]

1. In anatomy, the articulation of the thigh and leg bones.
2. In ship-building, a piece of timber somewhat in the shape of the human knee when bent, having two branches or arms, and used to connect the beams of a ship with her sides or timbers. Mar. Dict.

KNEE, v.t. nee.

To supplicate by kneeling. [Not used.] Shak.

KNEE'CROOK-ING, a. nee'crooking.

Obsequious. Shak.

KNEED, a. need.

1. Having knees; as, in-kneed, out-kneed.
2. In botany, geniculated; forming an obtuse angle at the joints, like the knee when a little bent; as, kneed-grass. Martyn.

KNEE'DEEP, a. [nee'deep.]

1. Rising to the knees; as, water or snow knee-deep.
2. Sunk to the knees; as, wading in water or mire knee-deep.

KNEE'-HIGH, a. [nee-hi.]

Rising to the knees; as, water knee-high.

KNEE'HOL-LY, n. [nee'holly.]

A plant of the genus Ruscus.

KNEE'HOLM, n. [nee'home.]

Kneeholly.

KNEEL, v.i. [neel. D. knielen; Dan. knaeler; Fr. agenouiller, from genouil, the knee.]

To bend the knee; to fall on the knees; sometimes with down. As soon as you are dressed, kneel down and say the Lord's Prayer. Taylor.

KNEEL'ED, pp. [of Kneel.]

And he kneeled down and cried with a loud voice, "Lord, lay not this sin to their charge." Acts vii. 60.

KNEEL'ER, n. [nee'ler.]

One who kneels or worships by kneeling.