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KNUCK'LE, n. nuk'l.

1. The joint of a finger, particularly when protuberant by the closing of the fingers.

2. The knee join of a calf; as a knuckle of veal.

3. The joint of a plant. [Not used.]

KNUCK'LE, v.i. nuk'l. To yield; to submit in contest to an antagonist.

1913 Definition
Knuckle (knuckle)
n.(?)
Knuc"kle
[OE. knokel, knokil, AS. cuncel; akin to D. knokkel, OFries. knokele, knokle, G. knöchel, 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.
  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. Golding.

  3. The joint of a plant.
    [Obs.] Bacon.
  4. The joining parts of a hinge through which the pin or rivet passes; a knuckle joint.
  5. 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; as, brass knuckles; -- called also knuckle duster.
    [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.

  7. 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.]

  8. To beat with the knuckles; to pommel.
    [R.] Horace Smith.

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