Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The joint, or the region of the joint, between the hand and the arm; the carpus. See Carpus. 2. (n.) A stud or pin which forms a journal; -- also called wrist pin.

Multi-Version Concordance Wrist (3 Occurrences) Mark 7:3 for the Pharisees, and all the Jews, if they do not wash the hands to the wrist, do not eat, holding the tradition of the elders, (WBS) Genesis 38:28 When she travailed, one put out a hand, and the midwife took and tied a scarlet thread on his hand, saying, "This came out first." (See NIV) Genesis 38:30 Afterward his brother came out, that had the scarlet thread on his hand, and his name was called Zerah. (See NIV)