Emily Dickinson Lexicon

KNAP'SACK, n. [nap'sack; G. knappsack; D. knapzak, from knappen, to eat.]

A soldier's bag, carried on his back, and containing necessaries of food and clothing. It may be of leather or coarse cloth.

KNAP'WEED, n. [nap'weed.]

A plant of the genus Centaurea, so called probably from knap, a button. – Fam. of Plants.

KNAR, n. [nàr; 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. cnædan; G. kneten; D. kneeden; Dan. kneder; Sw. knåda.]

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. knæ; Fr. genou; It. ginocchio; L. genu; Gr. γονυ; Sans. janu. As the same word in Saxon signifies generation, it appears to belong to the family of γινομαι, 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-hī.]

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. knæler; 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.