Knuckle \Knuc"kle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Knuckled;; p. pr. &
vb. n. Knuckling.]
To yield; to submit; -- used with down, to, or under.
To knuckle to.
(a) To submit to in a contest; to yield to. [Colloq.]
See To
knock under, under Knock, v. i.
(b) To apply one's self vigorously or earnestly to; as, to
knuckle to work. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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