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Bible Encyclopedias
Knuckle
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(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 come 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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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Knuckle'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/k/knuckle.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Knuckle'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/k/knuckle.html. 1910.
