Search results for "Knee" - New World Encyclopedia
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- habit, wherever he heard the summons, he bowed his knee in holy reverence. Kneeling, he caught his foot in his robe, tumbled down several steps and ...33 KB (5,251 words) - 21:14, 11 January 2023
- predicted if the corn was "knee-high by the Fourth of July," although modern hybrids generally exceed this growth rate. [[Image:Field ...30 KB (4,684 words) - 10:55, 9 March 2023
- for long, since this position is vulnerable to knee-strikes. The main purpose of the throwing techniques (nage waza) is to take an opponent who is ...35 KB (5,636 words) - 09:00, 12 May 2024
- The politics of hallowed ground: Wounded Knee and the struggle for Indian ... The politics of hallowed ground: Wounded Knee and the struggle for Indian ...71 KB (10,085 words) - 19:16, 10 July 2023
- two pieces of whole gold plait, two pieces of knee-length gown with gold threads woven through sleeves…. On his return trip from China, Parameswara ...33 KB (5,055 words) - 06:00, 13 June 2023
- elements of traditional dress in everyday life: knee-high black riding boots (stivania), vráka breeches tucked into the boots at the knee, black shirt ...62 KB (9,052 words) - 23:46, 28 May 2024
- wrapped piece of cloth that goes down to about the knee, along with a cotton robe over the shoulder, much like a Roman toga. Women wear long skirts, ...32 KB (4,757 words) - 16:28, 29 January 2024
- feathers, and knēmē meaning the leg between the knee and the ankle, hence feather-legged, alluding to their feathers that cover the top part of the ...37 KB (5,458 words) - 21:03, 2 December 2023
- put in it. He seated himself with one knee vertically raised, holding the sword with his left hand and a cane in his right hand. He died in this ...36 KB (6,131 words) - 19:22, 9 November 2022
- Hancock was wounded in the knee at Churubusco and developed a fever. Although he was well enough to lead his regiment at Molino del Rey, fever ...38 KB (5,623 words) - 11:00, 15 May 2023
- in the form of paddling, sometimes over a lap, a knee, furniture, or a pillow. A variation of this (also as punishment) is trading licks. This practice ...40 KB (5,725 words) - 16:55, 30 June 2022
- buttocks, often leading down their legs until the knee. Women were not as extensively tattooed as the men. Their upper lips were outlined, usually in ...37 KB (5,756 words) - 11:08, 9 March 2023
- long hair and sideburns, coat, stockings and knee breeches in the fashion style of a century earlier. But his paintings, where he experimented with ...38 KB (5,792 words) - 01:13, 21 April 2023
- took place during a howling snowstorm through knee-deep snow. That night 13 emigrants died. Hafen and Hafen, 101–107, 126. Bartholomew and Arrington ...42 KB (6,112 words) - 13:14, 10 March 2023
- to the Royal Adowa and Kete of Ghana, to the knee sitting dance of Lesotho women, to the 6/8 rhythms of the samba from Brazil, to the rumba of Cuba ...41 KB (6,461 words) - 06:06, 16 June 2023
- *Twining, Merrill B. No Bended Knee: The Battle for Guadalcanal. Novato, CA, USA: Presidio Press, 1996. ISBN 0891418261 == External links == ...46 KB (6,816 words) - 11:29, 20 September 2023
- of the crowd by tying the garter around his own knee with the words honi soit qui mal y pense—shame on him who thinks ill of it. ...40 KB (6,070 words) - 18:24, 12 February 2024
- In 1961, Banks experienced problems with a knee injury he had suffered while in the army. After 717 consecutive games, he removed himself from ...48 KB (7,068 words) - 20:11, 27 April 2024
- others at 11:30 or 10:00, etc. Some have the knee bent at 90°, some at 60°, some at closer to 120°. Also the degree of ornamentation of the leg wear ...38 KB (5,944 words) - 21:52, 8 March 2024
- bear, wolf, or coyote skins) with knee-length buffalo-hide boots. Young boys usually went without clothes except in cold weather. When they ...41 KB (6,731 words) - 00:03, 8 January 2024
