Definition of elbow

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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..

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Anconeal :: Anconeal (a.) Of or pertaining to the ancon or elbow.
Nudge :: Nudge (n.) A gentle push, or jog, as with the elbow..
Crossette :: Crossette (n.) A return in one of the corners of the architrave of a door or window; -- called also ancon, ear, elbow..
Palette :: Palette (n.) One of the plates covering the points of junction at the bend of the shoulders and elbows.
Forearm :: Forearm (n.) That part of the arm or fore limb between the elbow and wrist; the antibrachium.
Jostle :: Jostle (v. t.) To run against and shake; to push out of the way; to elbow; to hustle; to disturb by crowding; to crowd against.
Vambrace :: Vambrace (n.) The piece designed to protect the arm from the elbow to the wrist.
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.
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..
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..
Anconeus :: Anconeus (n.) A muscle of the elbow and forearm.
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..
Akimbo :: Akimbo (a.) With a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward.
Elbowed :: Elbowed (imp. & p. p.) of Elbo.
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..
Cubit :: Cubit (n.) The forearm; the ulna, a bone of the arm extending from elbow to wrist..
Ancon :: Ancon (n.) The olecranon, or the elbow..
Capellet :: Capellet (n.) A swelling, like a wen, on the point of the elbow (or the heel of the hock) of a horse, caused probably by bruises in lying down..
Arm :: Arm (n.) A support for the elbow, at the side of a chair, the end of a sofa, etc..
Cubit :: Cubit (n.) A measure of length, being the distance from the elbow to the extremity of the middle finger..
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