To fix or attach a jamb to.
Synonym of jambeau (“piece of armor for the leg”).
Either of the vertical components that form the side of an opening in a wall, such as that of a door frame, window frame, or fireplace.
Any thick mass of rock that prevents miners from following the lode or vein.
To bend the fingers.
To apply pressure, or rub or massage with one's knuckles.
To strike or punch.
To yield.
To land on the knuckle of a curve of a slope, after a jump off a ramp that precedes the slope.
To touch one's forehead as a mark of respect.
The rounded point where a flat changes to a slope on a piste.
A cut of meat.
The curved part of the cushion at the entrance to the pockets on a cue sports table.
A mechanical joint.
The kneejoint of a quadruped, especially of a calf; formerly used of the kneejoint of a human being.
Any of the joints between the phalanges of the fingers.
A contrivance, usually of brass or iron, and furnished with points, worn to protect the hand, to add force to a blow, and to disfigure the person struck; a knuckle duster.
A convex portion of a vessel's figure where a sudden change of shape occurs, as in a canal boat, where a nearly vertical side joins a nearly flat bottom.