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- English Word Joint Definition A joining of two things or parts so as to admit of motion; an articulation, whether movable or not; a hinge; as, the knee joint; a node or joint of a stem; a ball and socket joint. See Articulation.
- English Word Joint Definition The part or space included between two joints, knots, nodes, or articulations; as, a joint of cane or of a grass stem; a joint of the leg.
- English Word Joint Definition Any one of the large pieces of meat, as cut into portions by the butcher for roasting.
- English Word Joint Definition A plane of fracture, or divisional plane, of a rock transverse to the stratification.
- English Word Joint Definition The space between the adjacent surfaces of two bodies joined and held together, as by means of cement, mortar, etc.; as, a thin joint.
- English Word Joint Definition The means whereby the meeting surfaces of pieces in a structure are secured together.
- English Word Joint Definition Joined; united; combined; concerted; as joint action.
- English Word Joint Definition Involving the united activity of two or more; done or produced by two or more working together.
- English Word Joint Definition United, joined, or sharing with another or with others; not solitary in interest or action; holding in common with an associate, or with associates; acting together; as, joint heir; joint creditor; joint debtor, etc.
- English Word Joint Definition Shared by, or affecting two or more; held in common; as, joint property; a joint bond.
- English Word Joint Definition To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together; as, to joint boards.
- English Word Joint Definition To join; to connect; to unite; to combine.
- English Word Joint Definition To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate.
- English Word Joint Definition To separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as meat.
- English Word Joint Definition To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do; as, the stones joint, neatly.
- English Word Joint-fir Definition A genus (Ephedra) of leafless shrubs, with the stems conspicuously jointed; -- called also shrubby horsetail. There are about thirty species, of which two or three are found from Texas to California.
- English Word Jointed Definition of Joint
- English Word Jointed Definition Having joints; articulated; full of nodes; knotty; as, a jointed doll; jointed structure.
- English Word Jointer Definition One who, or that which, joints.
- English Word Jointer Definition A plane for smoothing the surfaces of pieces which are to be accurately joined
- English Word Jointer Definition The longest plane used by a joiner.
- English Word Jointer Definition A long stationary plane, for plaining the edges of barrel staves.
- English Word Jointer Definition A bent piece of iron inserted to strengthen the joints of a wall.
- English Word Jointer Definition A tool for pointing the joints in brickwork.
- English Word Jointing Definition of Joint
- English Word Jointing Definition The act or process of making a joint; also, the joints thus produced.
- English Word Jointless Definition Without a joint; rigid; stiff.
- English Word Jointly Definition In a joint manner; together; unitedly; in concert; not separately.
- English Word Jointress Definition A woman who has a jointure.
- English Word Jointure Definition A joining; a joint.