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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Franking :: Franking (n.) A method of forming a joint at the intersection of window-sash bars, by cutting away only enough wood to show a miter..
Syzygy :: Syzygy (n.) Any one of the segments of an arm of a crinoid composed of two joints so closely united that the line of union is obliterated on the outer, though visible on the inner, side..
Advancement :: Advancement (v. t.) Settlement on a wife, or jointure..
Entremets :: Entremets (n. sing. & pl.) A side dish; a dainty or relishing dish usually eaten after the joints or principal dish; also, a sweetmeat, served with a dinner..
Common :: Common (v. i.) To have a joint right with others in common ground.
Trimera :: Trimera (n. pl.) A division of Coleoptera including those which have but three joints in the tarsi.
Arthrodynia :: Arthrodynia (n.) An affection characterized by pain in or about a joint, not dependent upon structural disease..
Seam :: Seam (n.) Hence, a line of junction; a joint; a suture, as on a ship, a floor, or other structure; the line of union, or joint, of two boards, planks, metal plates, etc..
Copartnership :: Copartnership (n.) The state of being a copartner or of having a joint interest in any matter.
Joint :: "Joint (v. i.) To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do; as, the stones joint, neatly..
Tibia :: Tibia (n.) The fourth joint of the leg of an insect. See Illust. under Coleoptera, and under Hexapoda..
Palpus :: Palpus (n.) A feeler; especially, one of the jointed sense organs attached to the mouth organs of insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and annelids; as, the mandibular palpi, maxillary palpi, and labial palpi. The palpi of male spiders serve as sexual organs. Called also palp. See Illust. of Arthrogastra and Orthoptera..
Bunion :: Bunion (n.) An enlargement and inflammation of a small membranous sac (one of the bursae muscosae), usually occurring on the first joint of the great toe..
Serricorn :: Serricorn (n.) Any one of a numerous tribe of beetles (Serricornia). The joints of the antennae are prominent, thus producing a serrate appearance. See Illust. under Antenna..
Stipes :: Stipes (n.) The second joint of a maxilla of an insect or a crustacean.
Grass :: Grass (n.) An endogenous plant having simple leaves, a stem generally jointed and tubular, the husks or glumes in pairs, and the seed single..
Packing :: Packing (n.) A substance or piece used to make a joint imperviou.
Synartesis :: Synarchy (n.) Joint rule or sovereignity.
Kneepan :: Kneepan (n.) A roundish, flattened, sesamoid bone in the tendon in front of the knee joint; the patella; the kneecap..
Vertebrated :: Vertebrated (a.) Having movable joints resembling vertebrae; -- said of the arms ophiurans.
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