Where knee-deep the trees were standing.
Longfellow.
Knee"-high` (?), a. Rising or reaching upward to the knees; as, the
water is knee- high.
Knee"joint` (?), n. 1. The joint of the knee.
2. (Mach.) A toggle joint; -- so called because consisting of two
pieces jointed to each other end to end, making an angle like the knee
when bent.
Knee"joint`ed, a. (Bot.) Geniculate; kneed. See Kneed, a., 2.
Kneel (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Knelt (?) or Kneeled (&?;); p. pr. & vb.
n. Kneeling.] [OE. knelen, cneolien; akin to D. knielen, Dan. knæle.
See Knee.] To bend the knee; to fall or rest on the knees; -- sometimes
with down.
And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not
this sin to their charge.
Acts vii. 60.
As soon as you are dressed, kneel and say the Lord's Prayer.
Jer. Taylor.
Kneel"er (?), n. 1. One who kneels or who worships by or while
kneeling. Tennyson.