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KNUCKLE (apparently the diminutive of a word for " bone," found in Ger. Knochen)

This article appears in Volume V15, Page 883 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: KHA-KRI
KNUCKLE (apparently the diminutive of a word for " bone," found in Ger. Knochen) , the
joint
  of a
finger
 , which, when the hand is shut, is brought into prominence. In mechanical use the word is applied to the round projecting
part
  of a hinge through which the pin is run, and in ship-building to an acute
angle
  on some of the timbers. A " knuckle-duster," said to have originally cor.Ae from the criminal
slang
  of the United States, is a
brass
  or metal
instrument
  fitting on to the hand across the knuckles, with projecting studs and used for inflicting a brutal
blow
 .


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