Knuckle, nuk′l, n. projecting joint of the fingers; (cook.) the knee-joint of a calf or pig.—v.i. to bend the fingers: to touch the forehead as a mark of respect: to yield.—v.t. (rare) to touch with the knuckle.—ns. Knuck′le-bones, a game (called also Dibs); Knuck′le-bow, the curved part of a sword-guard that covers the fingers; Knuck′le-dust′er, a kind of modern cestus, devised as a protection against garrotters; Knuck′le-joint, a joint where the forked end of a connecting-rod is joined by a bolt to another piece of the machinery.—Knuckle down, to apply one's self with vigour to a task: to submit—in this sense, also Knuckle under. [M. E. knokil; cf. Dut. knokkel; prob. Celt., W. cnwc.]
Knurl, nėrl, n. (Burns) a humpback.
Knurl. Same as Gnarl, Knarl.
Knurr, Knur, nur, n. a knot in wood: a wooden ball.—Knur and spell, a game played with a ball (knur), trap (spell), and tripstick, in vogue chiefly in the north of England. [Old Dut. knorre.]
Koa, kō′a, n. a forest-tree of the Sandwich Islands.
Koala, kō-ä′lä, n. an Australian marsupial, called also 'Native Bear.'
Kob, kob, n. an African water-antelope.
Kobalt, n. Same as Cobalt.
Kobang, kō′bang, n. an oblong gold coin, rounded at the corners, once current in Japan.—Also Kō′ban.
Kobold, kō′bold, n. in German folklore, a spirit of the mines. [Akin to goblin.]