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Definition of Knucklebone
1. Noun. A bone that forms a knuckle in the human hand, in an animal's paw or any bone that forms a similar bump. ¹
2. Noun. (slang) A die ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Knucklebone
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Knucklebone
Literary usage of Knucklebone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Parts of the Body in the Later Germanic Dialects by William Denny Baskett (1920)
"knucklebone The knucklebone is described (A) as a knot, knob, etc.; (B) as a notch.
... dib knucklebone of a sheep used as a plaything; small water pebble. ..."
2. Studies in Archaic Corinthian Vase Painting by Patricia Lawrence, Darrell Arlynn Amyx (1996)
"It is clearly characterized by its shallow, open bowl, the presence of knucklebone
handles, and its cylindrical stem. In the shape of the bowl and in its ..."
3. Coins of Ancient Sicily by George Francis Hill (1903)
"The knucklebone and two pellets are the types of a tiny hexas or two-ounce ...
The use of the knucklebone in antiquity for the purpose of divination or the ..."
4. The Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore: Terracotta Figurines of the Classical by Gloria S. Merker (2000)
"209-219. since the young woman bearing the offering tray has shorn 429 On
knucklebone bags, see p. 63, note 272. hair (EAA VI, 1965, pp. ..."
5. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1901)
"... 258; country of oxen, in Buddhist Wheel of Life, 68: horns over doors, Asia
Minor, 192; kneels on night' of nativity, Wilts, 76; knucklebone, game with, ..."
6. The Gentleman's Magazine (1892)
"It roughly answers the description of a knucklebone, although it bears a much
stronger resemblance to one of those common objects of the sea-shore called ..."
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