2. Verb. (third-person singular of knee) ¹
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Definition of Knees
1. knee [v] - See also: knee
Lexicographical Neighbors of Knees
Literary usage of Knees
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain (2001)
"been minded to and kindly useth “HE DROPPED UPON HIS knees.” Poor Tom was listening,
as well as his dazed faculties would let him, to the beginning of this ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Mone accepts only four cantos (To the Feet, knees, Hand. Side) as original.
Daniel accepts but two original cantos (those addressing the Feet and the knees) ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1874)
"On some of the Uses of the knees and Elbows (all fours; a la vache; quadrupedal ?)
Position. By FA BURRALL, MD, of New York. EVERY now and then critical ..."
4. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1893)
"4), and he sits straight up, with his hands folded or laid upon his knees instead *
Also, " Lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees, ..."
5. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"Rising to tiie knees. a. Sunk to the knees. The country peasant meditates no
harm, When clad who skins of beasts to keep him tn winter weather unconcern d ..."
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