Definition of knee

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Knee (n.) The joint, or region of the joint, between the thigh and leg..

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Kneeling :: Kneeling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Knee.
Inkneed :: Inkneed (a.) See Knock-kneed.
Thick-knee :: Thick-knee (n.) A stone curlew. See under Stone.
Knock-knee :: Knock-knee (n.) A condition in which the knees are bent in so as to touch each other in walking; inknee.
Shamble :: Shamble (v. i.) To walk awkwardly and unsteadily, as if the knees were weak; to shuffle along..
Thar :: Thar (n.) A goatlike animal (Capra Jemlaica) native of the Himalayas. It has small, flattened horns, curved directly backward. The hair of the neck, shoulders, and chest of the male is very long, reaching to the knees. Called also serow, and imo..
Shank :: Shank (v.) The part of the leg from the knee to the foot; the shin; the shin bone; also, the whole leg..
Hamstring :: Hamstring (n.) One of the great tendons situated in each side of the ham, or space back of the knee, and connected with the muscles of the back of the thigh..
Binding :: Binding (pl.) The transoms, knees, beams, keelson, and other chief timbers used for connecting and strengthening the parts of a vessel..
Kneecap :: Kneecap (n.) A cap or protection for the knee.
Inknee :: Inknee (n.) Same as Knock-knee.
Fibula :: Fibula (n.) The outer and usually the smaller of the two bones of the leg, or hind limb, below the knee..
Kneepiece :: Kneepiece (n.) A piece shaped like a knee; as, the kneepieces or ears of a boat..
Shin :: Shin (n.) The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone; the lower part of the leg; the shank.
Kneepan :: Kneepan (n.) A roundish, flattened, sesamoid bone in the tendon in front of the knee joint; the patella; the kneecap..
Rotula :: Rotula (n.) The patella, or kneepan..
Patella :: Patella (n.) The kneepan; the cap of the knee.
Knack-kneed :: Knack-kneed (a.) See Knock-kneed.
Kneecap :: Kneecap (n.) The kneepan.
Sartorius :: Sartorius (n.) A muscle of the thigh, called the tailor's muscle, which arises from the hip bone and is inserted just below the knee. So named because its contraction was supposed to produce the position of the legs assumed by the tailor in sitting..
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