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Definitions for Knuckle:

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Knuckle \Knuc"kle\, n. [OE. knokel, knokil, AS. cuncel; akin to D. knokkel, OFries. knokele, knokle, G. kn["o]chel, Sw. knoge, Dan. knokkel, G. knochen bone, and perh. to E. knock.] 1. The joint of a finger, particularly when made prominent by the closing of the fingers. --Davenant. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] With weary knuckles on thy brim she kneeled sadly down. --Golding. [1913 Webster] 3. The joint of a plant. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 4. (Mech.) The joining parts of a hinge through which the pin or rivet passes; a knuckle joint. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Knuckle \Knuc"kle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Knuckled;; p. pr. & vb. n. Knuckling.] To yield; to submit; -- used with down, to, or under. [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Knuckle \Knuc"kle\, v. t. To beat with the knuckles; to pummel. [R.] --Horace Smith. [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 2.0 :
knuckle n : a joint of a finger when the fist is closed [syn: {knuckle joint}, metacarpophalangeal joint] v 1: press or rub with the knuckles 2: shoot a marble while keeping one's knuckles on the ground

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
78 Moby Thesaurus words for "knuckle": Chateaubriand, ankle, articulation, blade roast, boundary, bow, breast, brisket, butt, capitulate, cave, cervix, chuck, chuck roast, clinch, clod, closure, cold cuts, connecting link, connecting rod, connection, coupling, defer, dovetail, elbow, embrace, filet mignon, flank, gliding joint, hinge, hinged joint, hip, interface, join, joining, joint, juncture, knee, knuckle under, link, loin, miter, mortise, neck, pivot, pivot joint, plate, plate piece, pot roast, rabbet, rack, rib roast, ribs, roast, rolled roast, round, rump, rump roast, saddle, scarf, seam, shank, short ribs, shoulder, shoulder clod, sirloin, stitch, submit, succumb, suture, symphysis, tenderloin, tie rod, toggle, toggle joint, union, weld, wrist

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