To KNEAD, to work Meal into Dough.
A KNEE, the Joint of the Leg and Thigh.
To KNEEL, to bear one's self upon the Knees.
KNELL, a Passing-Bell, the ringing of a Bell at the Departure of a dying Person.
KNICK KNACKS, Curiosities valued more for Fancy than real Use.
KNIFE, an Instrument to cut Victuals with.
KNIGHT, a Title of Honour bestowed by the King, on such as he thinks fit to distinguish from the common Class of Gentlemen, of which there are several Orders.
KNIGHTS Batchelors, is the lowest but most ancient Order.
KNIGHTS of the Round Table, made by King Arthur, said to be the most antient in the World.
KNIGHTS Bannerets, Knights made in the Field by cutting off the Point of their Standard, and making it a Banner.
KNIGHTS Baronets, an Order erected by King James I.
KNIGHTS of the Bath, an Order of Knights created within the Lists of the Baths, who bathed themselves, and used several religious Ceremonies, the Night before their Creation.
KNIGHTS of the Garter, an Order of Knighthood instituted by King Edward III They are also called the Knights of St. George.
Poor KNIGHTS of Windsor, Twenty-six old Soldiers, &c. depending upon the Order of the Garter, and so called because the Seat of this College is in Windsor Castle.
SCOTCH Knights. KNIGHTS of St. Andrew, an Order of Knighthood established by Archaicus King of the Scots, A.C. 809. called also Knights of the Thistle.
KNIGHTS of the Shire, Two Knights or other Gentlemen of worth, chosen to serve in Parliament for Shires or Countries, by the Freeholders of Great Britain.
KNIGHTS Errant, certain fabulous wandering Knights, such as Don Quixote, &c. whose wonderful Exploits are related in Romances.
KNIGHTS Marshal, Officers who have Jurisdiction and Cognizance of all Transgressions within the King's House and Verge.
KNIGHTS of the Post, Persons who for Hire will swear any thing.
To KNIT, to make Knots.
KNIT-STOCKINGS, were first brought into England by W. Ryder, A.D. 1564. from Italy. Wove-Stockings first devised by W. Lee of St. John's College, Cambridge, A.D. 1599.
A KNOB, a Knot upon a Tree or any thing.
KNOBBY, having many Knobs.
To KNOCK, to hit, or strike upon.
To KNOW, to understand.
KNOWLEDGE, Understanding, or Acquaintance with.
To KNUB, To KNUBBLE, to beat with the Fist or Knuckles.
KNUCKLE, the outward middle Joint of the Fingers.
KYRIE Eleeson, i.e. Lord have mercy upon us; a Form or solemn invocation used in the Popish Liturgy.
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L. 50 in Latin Numbers.
LAB
LABORIOUS, painful, painstaking.
LABORIOUSNESS, the taking Pains
LABOUR. Pains, Toil, Travel, Work, Travail in Childbed.
To LABOUR, to work, to take pains, to endeavour earnestly
LABOURER, one that does drudgery Work.
LABYRINTH, a Maze, a Place with many Windings and Turnings, so that a Man once entered cannot find his way out
To LACE, to tie, fasten, or join with a Lace, also to edge or border Garments with Lace.
LACE, a Line of Silk, Thread, &c also a Border, or Edging.
To LACERATE, to tear, or pull in pieces.
To LACK, to be in want, to be deficient.
LACKER, a sort of Varnish.
LACKEY, a Page, Footman, or Footboy.
LACONICK, concise, brief.
LAD, a Boy
LADDER, a Machine to get up to high Places.
LADE, a Passage of Water; the Mouth of a River.
To LADE, to load; also to Empty Water, or any other Liquor, out of a Vessel with a Ladle.
LADLE, a Kitchin Utensil, for lading Pottage, Water, &c.
LADY, a Person of Quality's Wife or Daughter.
LADY-COW, an Insect, a kind of Beetle.
To LAG, to loiter, to stay behind.
LAKE, a red Colour used in Painting.
A LAKE, a large Space full of Water encompassed by dry Land, and having no Communication with the Sea.
To LAM, to strike, or beat.
A LAMB, a Sheep under a Year old.
LAMBERT, a proper Name.
LAMKIN, a young or little Lamb.
LAMBSKINIT, a certain Game at Cards.
LAME, maimed, or enfeebled in the Limbs
LAMENESS, a Weakness or Hurt in some Limb.
To LAMENT, to bewail, weep, or mourn
LAMENTABLE, to be lamented, doleful
LAMENTATION, a Lamenting, a mournful Complaint.
LAMMAS DAY, the first of August, so called because the Priests used to get their TitheLambs on that Day.
A LAMP, a Light made with Oil in a proper Vessel.
LAMPERS, a Disease in Horses when the Throat is swelled.
LAMPOON, a drolling Poem or Pamphlet, in which some Person is treated with Reproach or abusive Language.
To LAMPOON, to expose one to ridicule in a Lampoon, Libel, or Satire.
LAMPRY, a kind of Fish.
LANCASTER, the Shire Town of the County.
To LANCE, to cut with a Lancet.
A LANCE, a Spear.
LANCELOT, a Man's Name.