He stood in the doorway, cap in hand, knuckling his forehead and backing a bit with a rolling gait, after the custom of the British merchant sailor.
Gable put up a defensive elbow and backed away, knuckling his eye piteously the while.
Riderhood, knuckling his forehead, with a chuckle and a leer.
In cases where the abnormality has been brought about by wounds to the flexor tendons, the alteration in the direction of the limb is often so great as to produce 'knuckling over' of the fetlock.
Should the 'knuckling over' have become complicated by bony deposits round the seat of the original injury, then a favourable modification of the condition is not so likely to result.
The benefit to be derived from the shoe with an extended toe-piece in a case of excessive knucklingis admirably shown in a brief report of a case, under the title of 'Hooked Foot,' in vol.
The horse was brought in markedly lame on the off hind-foot, knuckling at the fetlock, and taking a long stride with the injured limb.
The knuckling which results from long continued inactivity of the crural muscles in chronic cases is marked in this instance.
In such instances the foal must be treated early--before the skin on the anterior pastern region has been badly damaged byknuckling over.
As a consequence of the last-mentioned lesion of the tendons, a new condition presents itself in the articular disposition, constituting the deformity known as the knuckling fetlock.
When knuckling has commenced, the indications are to relieve the tendons and ligaments by proper shoeing.
The first indication of paralysis will be noted in traveling, when the animal fails to pick up one of the hind feet as freely as the other, or both may become affected at the same time, at which time knuckling is a common symptom.
Firing and blistering the parts responsible for the knuckling may, in some instances, effect a cure; but a consideration of these measures belongs properly to the treatment of the disease in which knuckling appears simply as a sequel.
The effect of knuckling upon the gait also varies according to the degree of the deformity.
While knucklingis not always an unsoundness, it nevertheless predisposes to stumbling and to fracture of the pastern.
Lastly, knuckling is produced by disease of the suspensory ligament or of the flexor tendons, whereby they are shortened, and by disease of the fetlock joints.
In old cases the wasting of the muscles and the knuckling at the fetlock become so great that the leg can not be straightened and locomotion can scarcely be performed.
The order of play is usually decided on by knuckling down and rolling for the opposite side of the ring.
Knuckling Down means resting the knuckles on the ground while shooting.
Then, knuckling the sleep out of her eyes, she runs.
She does not take it, and runs out knuckling her eyes.
It won't kill the shareholders to miss a dividend or two; I don't see that that's reason enough for knuckling under.
Bitzer picked up his cap, which the concussion had knocked off; and backing, and knuckling his forehead, pleaded that it was an accident.
The light porter placed the tea-tray on it, knuckling his forehead as a form of homage.
Avery was knitting his brows in deep reflection, knuckling his forehead.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "knuckling" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
