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<h1>Knuckle</h1> <Xpage=819>

<hw>Knuc"kle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>knokel</ets>, <ets>knokil</ets>, AS. <ets>cuncel</ets>; akin to D. <ets>knokkel</ets>, OFries. <ets>knokele</ets>, <ets>knokle</ets>, G. <ets>kn\'94chel</ets>, Sw. <ets>knoge</ets>, Dan. <ets>knokkel</ets>, G. <ets>knochen</ets> bone, and perh. to E. <ets>knock</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The joint of a finger, particularly when made prominent by the closing of the fingers.</def>

<i>Davenant.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The kneejoint, or middle joint, of either leg of a quadruped, especially of a calf; -- formerly used of the kneejoint of a human being.</def>

<blockquote>With weary <b>knuckles</b> on thy brim she kneeled sadly down. <i>Golding.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The joint of a plant.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>The joining pars of a hinge through which the pin or rivet passes; a knuckle joint.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Shipbuilding)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>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; <as>as, brass <ex>knuckles</ex></as>; -- called also <altname>knuckle duster</altname>.</def> <mark>[Slang.]</mark>

<cs><col>Knuckle joint</col> <fld>(Mach.)</fld>, <cd>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.</cd> -- <col>Knuckle of veal</col> <fld>(Cookery)</fld>, <cd>the lower part of a leg of veal, from the line of the body to the knuckle.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Knuc"kle</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Knuckled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>;; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Knuckling</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To yield; to submit; -- used with <i>down</i>, <i>to</i>, or <i>under</i>.</def>

<cs><col>To knuckle to</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To submit to in a contest; to yield to</cd>. <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> See <cref>To knock under</cref>, under <er>Knock</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To apply one's self vigorously or earnestly to; <as>as, <ex>to knuckle to<ex> work. <mark>[Colloq.]</mark></as></cd></cs>

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<hw>Knuc"kle</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To beat with the knuckles; to pommel.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Horace Smith.</i>

<h1>Knuckled</h1> <Xpage=819>

<hw>Knuc"kled</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Jointed.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Knuff</h1> <Xpage=819>

<hw>Knuff</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Cnof</er> a churl.]</ety> <def>A lout; a clown.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The country <b>knuffs</b>, Hob, Dick, and Hick, With clubs and clouted shoon. <i>Hayward.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Knur</h1> <Xpage=819>

<hw>Knur</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Knurl</er>.]</ety> <def>A knurl.</def>

<i>Woodward.</i>

<h1>Knurl</h1> <Xpage=819>

<hw>Knurl</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Knar</er>, <er>Gnar</er>.]</ety> <def>A contorted knot in wood; a crossgrained protuberance; a nodule; a boss or projection.</def>