Definition of elbow

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Elbow (n.) Any turn or bend like that of the elbow, in a wall, building, and the like; a sudden turn in a line of coast or course of a river; also, an angular or jointed part of any structure, as the raised arm of a chair or sofa, or a short pipe fitting, turning at an angle or bent..

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Akimbo :: Akimbo (a.) With a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward.
Crossette :: Crossette (n.) A return in one of the corners of the architrave of a door or window; -- called also ancon, ear, elbow..
Jerk :: "Jerk (v. t.) To give a quick and suddenly arrested thrust, push, pull, or twist, to; to yerk; as, to jerk one with the elbow; to jerk a coat off..
Steeler :: Steelbow goods () Those goods on a farm, such as corn, cattle, implements husbandry, etc., which may not be carried off by a removing tenant, as being the property of the landlord..
Elbow :: Elbow (v. t.) To push or hit with the elbow, as when one pushes by another..
Bight :: Bight (v.) A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow; as, the bight of a horse's knee; the bight of an elbow..
Elbow :: Elbow (v. i.) To jut into an angle; to project or to bend after the manner of an elbow.
Anconeal :: Anconeal (a.) Of or pertaining to the ancon or elbow.
Jog :: "Jog (v. t.) To push or shake with the elbow or hand; to jostle; esp., to push or touch, in order to give notice, to excite one's attention, or to warn..
Olecranon :: Olecranon (n.) The large process at the proximal end of the ulna which projects behind the articulation with the humerus and forms the bony prominence of the elbow.
Elbow :: Elbow (n.) Any turn or bend like that of the elbow, in a wall, building, and the like; a sudden turn in a line of coast or course of a river; also, an angular or jointed part of any structure, as the raised arm of a chair or sofa, or a short pipe fitting, turning at an angle or bent..
Nudge :: Nudge (v. t.) To touch gently, as with the elbow, in order to call attention or convey intimation..
Punch :: Punch (v. t.) To thrust against; to poke; as, to punch one with the end of a stick or the elbow..
Coudee :: Coudee (n.) A measure of length; the distance from the elbow to the end of the middle finger; a cubit.
Ginglymus :: Ginglymus (n.) A hinge joint; an articulation, admitting of flexion and extension, or motion in two directions only, as the elbow and the ankle..
Elbow :: Elbow (n.) A sharp angle in any surface of wainscoting or other woodwork; the upright sides which flank any paneled work, as the sides of windows, where the jamb makes an elbow with the window back..
Anconeus :: Anconeus (n.) A muscle of the elbow and forearm.
Hunch :: Hunch (n.) A push or thrust, as with the elbow..
Nudge :: Nudge (n.) A gentle push, or jog, as with the elbow..
Vambrace :: Vambrace (n.) The piece designed to protect the arm from the elbow to the wrist.
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