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Knuckle   /nˈəkəl/   Listen
noun
Knuckle  n.  
1.
The joint of a finger, particularly when made prominent by the closing of the fingers.
2.
The kneejoint, or middle joint, of either leg of a quadruped, especially of a calf; formerly used of the kneejoint of a human being. "With weary knuckles on thy brim she kneeled sadly down."
3.
The joint of a plant. (Obs.)
4.
(Mech.) The joining parts of a hinge through which the pin or rivet passes; a knuckle joint.
5.
(Shipbuilding) A convex portion of a vessel's figure where a sudden change of shape occurs, as in a canal boat, where a nearly vertical side joins a nearly flat bottom.
6.
A contrivance, usually of brass or iron, and furnished with points, worn to protect the hand, to add force to a blow, and to disfigure the person struck; called also knuckle duster, knuckles or brass knuckles. (Slang.)
Knuckle joint (Mach.), a hinge joint, in which a projection with an eye, on one piece, enters a jaw between two corresponding projections with eyes, on another piece, and is retained by a pin which passes through the eyes and forms the pivot.
Knuckle of veal (Cookery), the lower part of a leg of veal, from the line of the body to the knuckle.


verb
Knuckle  v. t.  To beat with the knuckles; to pummel. (R.)


Knuckle  v. i.  (past & past part. knuckled; pres. part. knuckling)  To yield; to submit; used with down, to, or under.
To knuckle to.
(a)
To submit to in a contest; to yield to. (Colloq.) See To knock under, under Knock, v. i.
(b)
To apply one's self vigorously or earnestly to; as, to knuckle to work. (Colloq.)





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"Knuckle" Quotes from Famous Books



... then with iron arms dragged him away. In this action the man's lithe, powerful form impressed Madeline with a wonderful sense of muscular force. His brawny wrist was bare; his big, strong hand, first clutching the horse's mane, then patting his neck, had a bruised knuckle, and one finger was bound up. That hand expressed as much gentleness and thoughtfulness for the horse as it had strength to drag him back from too much ...
— The Light of Western Stars • Zane Grey
... began playing, but they made so much noise, crying "Fen!" and "Ebbs!" and "Knuckle down!" that Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy, the muskrat lady housekeeper, went to the bungalow ...
— Uncle Wiggily in the Woods • Howard R. Garis
... not too clean, was laid, and on it, with much parade of knife and fork, appeared a very dry knuckle of ham, a plate of yellow soda biscuit, and a pallid and flabby pie. Spite of himself, Calvin's cheery face fell as he looked on this banquet; but he sat down, and attacked the ...
— The Wooing of Calvin Parks • Laura E. Richards
... finger, holds it to his lips a moment, then places an embossed gold ring below the knuckle, with "Kismet" ...
— When the Birds Begin to Sing • Winifred Graham
... you," though his nod was as condescending as his new master's; because he felt that a boy who could ride bareback and turn a double somersault in the air ought not to "knuckle under" to a fellow who had not ...
— St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, V. 5, April 1878 - Scribner's Illustrated • Various


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