Part 472 (1/2)

_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._