knuckling

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knuckling - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Knuckle \Knuc"kle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Knuckled;; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Knuckling.]
     To yield; to submit; -- used with down, to, or under.
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     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.]
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