Crossword clues for knuckles
The Collaborative International Dictionary
knuckles \knuc"kles\ n. pl. a small metal weapon, worn over the knuckles on the back of the hand; called also brass knuckles and knuckle duster.
Syn: brass knucks, knucks, brass knuckles, knuckle duster.
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.]
The joint of a finger, particularly when made prominent by the closing of the fingers.
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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. The joint of a plant. [Obs.]
--Bacon.(Mech.) The joining parts of a hinge through which the pin or rivet passes; a knuckle joint.
(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.
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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.
Wiktionary
WordNet
n. a small metal weapon; worn over the knuckles on the back of the hand [syn: brass knucks, knucks, brass knuckles, knuckle duster]
Usage examples of "knuckles".
Jamie dropped his arms and stepped back, wiping his knuckles beneath his nose.
There was no point in trying to force Knuckles to accompany him around the rear of the building.
Capestrano sat on the buckboard seat of the wag, with Knuckles beside him, managing the two-horse team.
Capestrano and Knuckles, the latter with the taped hilt of a short-bladed skinning knife showing at his belt.
It began to roll down the steep hillside, Knuckles still hanging on to the reins.
Diego and the poor lad, Knuckles, might appreciate it being said over them.
It was hard to move his fingers, especially the two smallest ones on his right hand: as a child, he had burned them in the oilstones, and they were stiff with scar over the knuckles and now almost numb.
Danlo pressed his knuckles against the floor to take some of the weight off his knees.
Danlo chose a door at random, glanced at Tamara, and then rapped his knuckles across the gleaming, resonant wood.
Bardo continued laughing without restraint, and he held his knuckles up to his watery eyes.
Danlo rapped his knuckles against the wooden box that Hanuman had sent her.
He gripped his damaged knuckles and watched the colours in the table die.
I turned in surprise to find the dog sniffing interestedly at the proffered knuckles of Murray MacLeod.
He tightened his arm around her, her breath warm on the knuckles of his hand, curled just under her chin.
I said, and took one of his hands between my own, rubbing the ointment into the creases of his knuckles, massaging his callused palms.