Knuckling

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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