Meaning of Knuckle | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Any of the joints between the bones of the fingers.
2. A mechanical joint.
   broadly
3. The curved part of the cushion at the entrance to the pockets on a cue sports table.
4. The kneejoint of a quadruped, especially of a calf; formerly, the kneejoint of a human being.
5. A cut of meat of various kinds.
6. The joint of a plant.
   obsolete
7. 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.
8. 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; a knuckle duster.
9. The rounded point where a flat changes to a slope on a piste.

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Examples

“With wearie knockles on thy brim she kneeled sadly downe”

“Beef knuckle is from the knee joint. Pork knuckle, or ham hock, is from the joint between the tibia/fibula and the metatarsals of the foot of a pig, where the foot was attached to the leg.”

“In the West Indies there are found, even in sandy deserts and very dry places, large canes, which at every joint or knuckle yield a good supply of fresh water”

“brass knuckles”

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