Genuflection: alternatives and connections

On the knee.

That part of a ship, before the forecastle, which is fastened to the stem, and supported by the main knee.

Under, or lower in place; beneath not so high; as, below the moon; below the knee.

To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a cu…

A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow; as, the bight of a horse's knee; the bight of an elbow.

a leg bowed outward at the knee (or below the knee)

A shot, crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support.

A thick piece of timber in the form of a knee, placed across the stem of a ship to strengthen the fore part and unite the bows on each…

The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the throat.

The fleshy hinder part of the leg below the knee.

the outer and thinner of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle

A knee, or piece of knee timber

To move up and down on one's knee or in one's arms, in affectionate play, as an infant.

One of the small bones in the knee joints of sheep uniting the bones above and below the joints.

the longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton; extends from the pelvis to the knee

The outer and usually the smaller of the two bones of the leg, or hind limb, below the knee.

The act of flexing or bending; a turning or curving; flexion; hence, obsequious bowing or bending.

A covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep, or for the whole leg from the knee to the instep, fitting down upon the shoe.