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_To_ KNEE, _v. a._
1. To press down with the knees, Ang.
2. To bend into an angular form, Ang.
3. The wind is said _to knee corn_, when it breaks it down so that it strikes root by the stalk, Ang.
Isl. _kny-a_, adigere; _hneig-ia_, flectere.
KNEEF, KNEIF, _adj._ Active, alert, S.
_Ross._
Isl. _knaef-r_, Dan. _knov_, robustus.
~Kniefly~, _adv._ With vivacity, S.
_Ferguson._
KNEEF, _adj._ Arduous, Aberd.
Su. G. _knapp_, difficult, strait.
KNEE-ILL, _s._ A disease of cattle, affecting their joints, S.
KNEEs.h.i.+P.
V. ~Knaws.h.i.+p~.
KNEEVICK, _adj._ Griping, Fife.
Isl. _hnyf-a_, to grasp with the fist.
KNEWEL, KNOOL, _s._ A wooden pin in the end of a halter for holding by
_To hadd the knewel_, to hold the reins, Ang.
Belg. _knevel_, a knot; _knevel-en_, to pinion.
KNIBLE, _adj._ Nimble, S. B.
_Ross._
Su. G. Teut. _knap_, alacer.
KNIBLOCH, KNUBLOCK, _s._
1. A small round stone or hardened clod, S.
_Ross._
2. A k.n.o.b of wood, S.
_Ramsay._
3. The swelling occasioned by a blow or fall.
_Gl. s.h.i.+rr._
Belg. _k.n.o.bbel_, a k.n.o.b, a knurl.
~Knibblockie~, _adj._ Rough, applied to a road in which many small stones rise up, S. B.
KNYFF, _s._ A hanger or dagger.
_Wallace._
O. Teut. _knyf_, culter, gladius, Kilian.
KNYPSIT, _pret._ L. _knappit_.
_Knox._
KNITCH. _s._ A bundle, S.
Sw. _knyte_, id., _knyt-a_, to tie.
~Knitch.e.l.l~, _s._ A small bundle.
_Dunbar._
KNITTING, _s._ Tape, S.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
