Definition of joint

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"Joint (n.) 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..

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Acondylous :: Acondylous (a.) Being without joints; jointless.
Malkin :: Malkin (n.) A mop or sponge attached to a jointed staff for swabbing out a cannon.
Seaming :: Seaming (n.) The act or process of forming a seam or joint.
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..
Chase :: Chase (n.) A kind of joint by which an overlap joint is changed to a flush joint, by means of a gradually deepening rabbet, as at the ends of clinker-built boats..
Joint :: "Joint (n.) The space between the adjacent surfaces of two bodies joined and held together, as by means of cement, mortar, etc.; as, a thin joint..
Incompossible :: Incompossible (a.) Not capable of joint existence; incompatible; inconsistent.
Articulation :: Articulation (n.) The state of being jointed; connection of parts.
Anchylose :: Anchylose (v. t. & i.) To affect or be affected with anchylosis; to unite or consolidate so as to make a stiff joint; to grow together into one.
Linguadental :: Linguadental (a.) Formed or uttered by the joint use of the tongue and teeth, or rather that part of the gum just above the front teeth; dentolingual, as the letters d and t..
Scarf :: Scarf (v. t.) To form a scarf on the end or edge of, as for a joint in timber, metal rods, etc..
Passegarde :: Passegarde (n.) A ridge or projecting edge on a shoulder piece to turn the blow of a lance or other weapon from the joint of the armor.
Coheiress :: Coheiress (n.) A female heir who inherits with other heiresses; a joint heiress.
Abreuvoir :: Abreuvoir (n.) The joint or interstice between stones, to be filled with mortar..
Stave :: Stave (n.) To render impervious or solid by driving with a calking iron; as, to stave lead, or the joints of pipes into which lead has been run..
Susceptibilities :: Survivorship (n.) The right of a joint tenant, or other person who has a joint interest in an estate, to take the whole estate upon the death of other..
Luxate :: Luxate (v. t.) To displace, or remove from its proper place, as a joint; to put out of joint; to dislocate..
Welt :: Welt (n.) In carpentry, a strip of wood fastened over a flush seam or joint, or an angle, to strengthen it..
Unjointed :: Unjointed (a.) Having no joint or articulation; as, an unjointed stem..
Tarsus :: Tarsus (n.) The foot of an insect or a crustacean. It usually consists of form two to five joints.
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