Another great drawback is the fact that these handcuffs do not fit all wrists, and often the officer is nonplussed by having a pair of handcuffs which are too small or too large; and when the latter is the case, and the prisoner gets the "bracelets" in his hands instead of on his wrists, he is then in possession of a knuckle-duster from which the bravest would not care to receive a blow.

A while Sir Pertolepe bit savagely at his knuckle-bones, then, lifting his head, spake that all might hear: "Ho, sirs!"

A deep cut should, in the first place, be made quite down to the bone, across the knuckle-end of the joint, along the line 1 to 2.

But if you come, I will provide for thee a piece of beef and brewis knuckle-deep in fat.

Prominent bony points like the cheek bones, the elbows and the knees, the knuckle joints of the hands and feet.

The ring-finger is York River, with Williamsburg and Yorktown just above and below the knuckle line.