Definition of joint

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"Joint (n.) 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..

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Copatriot :: Copatriot (n.) A joint patriot.
Podagra :: Podagra (n.) Gout in the joints of the foot; -- applied also to gout in other parts of body.
Cramp :: Cramp (n.) A rectangular frame, with a tightening screw, used for compressing the joints of framework, etc..
Capsule :: Capsule (n.) A membranous sac containing fluid, or investing an organ or joint; as, the capsule of the lens of the eye. Also, a capsulelike organ..
Epimeron :: Epimeron (n.) In crustaceans: The part of the side of a somite external to the basal joint of each appendage.
Triarticulate :: Triarticulate (a.) Having three joints.
Retinaculum :: Retinaculum (n.) One of the annular ligaments which hold the tendons close to the bones at the larger joints, as at the wrist and ankle..
Bow-compass :: Bow-compass (n.) A small pair of compasses, one leg of which carries a pencil, or a pen, for drawing circles. Its legs are often connected by a bow-shaped spring, instead of by a joint..
Inarticulated :: Inarticulated (a.) Not articulated; not jointed or connected by a joint.
Jointer :: Jointer (n.) A plane for smoothing the surfaces of pieces which are to be accurately joine.
Gerant :: Gerant (n.) The manager or acting partner of a company, joint-stock association, etc..
Spong :: Spondyle (n.) A joint of the backbone; a vertebra.
Common :: Common (v. i.) To have a joint right with others in common ground.
Straight-joint :: Straight-joint (a.) Applied to a floor the boards of which are so laid that the joints form a continued line transverse to the length of the boards themselves.
Club :: Club (n.) A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund..
Hough :: Hough (n.) The joint in the hind limb of quadrupeds between the leg and shank, or tibia and tarsus, and corresponding to the ankle in man..
Culm :: Culm (n.) The stalk or stem of grain and grasses (including the bamboo), jointed and usually hollow..
Heteromerous :: Heteromerous (a.) Having five tarsal joints in the anterior and middle legs, but only four in the posterior pair, as the blister beetles and oil beetles..
Jointress :: Jointress (n.) A woman who has a jointure.
Society :: Society (n.) A number of persons associated for any temporary or permanent object; an association for mutual or joint usefulness, pleasure, or profit; a social union; a partnership; as, a missionary society..
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