kneeling desk. priedieu.

knees, n. pl. marrowbones.

knickerbockers, n. pl. knee [breeches], smallclothes.

knickknack, n. [gimcrack], [gewgaw], [bauble], [trinket], [knack], curio, [bric-a-brac].

knife, n. [dagger], stiletto, dirk, poniard, bowie-knife, misericorde, anlace, yataghan, machete, bolo, handjar, skean, creese, barong, [sword], billhook, saber; scalpel, lancet, bistoury; jackknife, pen-knife, pocket-knife. Associated words: cutler, cutlery, [sheath], sheathe, unsheathe, scabbard, cultrivorous, cultrate, cultriform, tang, [scale], [spring], [blade], [kick], spatula.

knight, n. man-at-arms; [champion], [partisan], [lover], [gallant].

knighthood, n. [chivalry]. Associated word: accolade.

knightly, a. [chivalrous], [gallant].

knob, n. excrescence, [boss], [lump], tubercle, [knop], stud, hard [swelling]; finial, knosp.

knock, v. [rap]; [clash], [bump]; [strike], [beat].--n. [blow], stroke; [rap].