Word Meanings - KNEEL - Book Publishers vocabulary database
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.
Related words: (words related to KNEEL)
- CRITICISER
One who criticises; a critic. - CRINICULTURAL
Relating to the growth of hair. - CRIBBER; CRIB-BITER
A horse that has the habit of cribbing. - CHARGEANT
Burdensome; troublesome. Chaucer. - CRINGLE
An iron or pope thimble or grommet worked into or attached to the edges and corners of a sail; -- usually in the plural. The cringles are used for making fast the bowline bridles, earings, etc. (more info) 1. A withe for fastening a gate. - CRISPER
One who, or that which, crisps or curls; an instrument for making little curls in the nap of cloth, as in chinchilla. - CRIBELLUM
A peculiar perforated organ of certain spiders , used for spinning a special kind of silk. - CRICKETER
One who plays at cricket. - CRIBRATE
Cribriform. - CRIBBING
A framework of timbers and plank backing for a shaft lining, to prevent caving, percolation of water, etc. 4. A vicious habit of a horse; crib-biting. The horse lays hold of the crib or manger with his teeth and draws air into the stomach with a - CRIMINATORY
Relating to, or involving, crimination; accusing; as, a criminatory conscience. - CRITICALLY
1. In a critical manner; with nice discernment; accurately; exactly. Critically to discern good writers from bad. Dryden. 2. At a crisis; at a critical time; in a situation. place, or condition of decisive consequence; as, a fortification - CRIMPER
One who, or that which, crimps; as: A curved board or frame over which the upper of a boot or shoe is stretched to the required shape. A device for giving hair a wavy apperance. A machine for crimping or ruffling textile fabrics. - CRIMPY
Having a crimped appearance; frizzly; as, the crimpy wool of the Saxony sheep. - CRITICASTER
A contemptible or vicious critic. The rancorous and reptile crew of poeticules, who decompose into criticasters. Swinburne. - CRIMPAGE
The act or practice of crimping; money paid to a crimp for shipping or enlisting men. - CRIPPLY
Lame; disabled; in a crippled condition. Mrs. Trollope. - SOMETIMES
1. Formerly; sometime. That fair and warlike form In which the majesty of buried Denmark Did sometimes march. Shak. 2. At times; at intervals; now and then;occasionally. It is good that we sometimes be contradicted. Jer. Taylor. Sometimes . . . - CRIER
One who cries; one who makes proclamation. Specifically, an officer who proclams the orders or directions of a court, or who gives public notice by loud proclamation; as, a town-crier. He openeth his mouth like a crier. Ecclus. xx. 15. - CRICK
The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it. Johnson. - UNDRESS
To take the dressing, or covering, from; as, to undress a wound. (more info) 1. To divest of clothes; to strip. 2. To divest of ornaments to disrobe. - PALEOCRINOIDEA
A suborder of Crinoidea found chiefly in the Paleozoic rocks. - SACRILEGIOUS
Violating sacred things; polluted with sacrilege; involving sacrilege; profane; impious. Above the reach of sacrilegious hands. pope. -- Sac`ri*le"gious*ly, adv. -- Sac`ri*le"gious*ness, n. - ENCRINUS
A genus of fossil encrinoidea, from the Mesozoic rocks. - HYPERCRITICALLY
In a hypercritical manner. - DEMANDRESS
A woman who demands. - ONIROCRITIC
See ONEIROCRITIC - DISCRIMINOUS
Hazardous; dangerous. Harvey. - MISCHARGE
To charge erroneously, as in account. -- n. - SCRIBABLE
Capable of being written, or of being written upon. - LUCRIFIC
Producing profit; gainful. - OFFENDRESS
A woman who offends. Shak. - ENCHARGE
To charge ; to impose upon. His countenance would express the spirit and the passion of the part he was encharged with. Jeffrey. - ACRIDLY
In an acid manner. - INVOICE
A written account of the particulars of merchandise shipped or sent to a purchaser, consignee, factor, etc., with the value or prices and charges annexed. Wharton. 2. The lot or set of goods as shipped or received; as, the merchant receives a large