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

KNUCKLE (apparently the diminutive of a word for " See also:
BONE (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages, in many of which it is confined to the shank of the leg, as in the German Bein)
BONE, HENRY (1755-1834)
bone," found in Ger. Knochen) , the See also:

JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

joint of a See also:

FINGER

finger, which, when the See also:

hand is shut, is brought into prominence. In See also:

MECHANICAL

mechanical use the word is applied to the See also:

ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round projecting See also:

PART

part of a See also:

HINGE (in Mid. Eng. henge or heeng, from hengen, to hang)

hinge through which the See also:

PIN (a doublet with " pen " from Lat. pinna, feather, pinnacle, which is said to contain the same root as irirvs, pine tree, and properly to mean a sharp point or end)

pin is run, and in See also:

SHIP

ship-See also:

BUILDING

building to an acute See also:

ANGLE (from the Lat. angulus, a corner, a diminutive, of which the primitive form, angus, does not occur in Latin; cognate are the Lat. angere, to compress into a bend or to strangle, and the Gr. ayKOS, a bend; both connected with the Aryan root ank-, to

angle on some of the timbers. A " knuckle-duster," said to have originally See also:

cor.Ae from the criminal See also:

SLANG

slang of the See also:

UNITED

United States, is a See also:

brass or See also:

metal See also:

INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)

instrument fitting on to the hand across the knuckles, with projecting studs and used for inflicting a brutal See also:

BLOW, JOHN (1648-1708)

blow.

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