TO BREAK ONE’S KNEE, verb. phr. (venery).—To be deflowered, or got with child. For synonyms, see DOCK, verb. sense 1.
TO OFFER (or GIVE) THE KNEE, verb. phr. (old).—To play the second in a fight.
1856. T. HUGHES, Tom Brown’s School-days, II. v. Martin, TO GIVE HIM A KNEE, steps out on the turf.
KNEE HIGH TO A MOSQUITO (A TOAD, A CHAW OF TOBACCO, etc.), phr. (American).—Insignificant; of scant account.
TO SIT ON ONE’S KNEES, verb. phr. (colloquial).—To kneel down.
