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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Extraarticular :: Extraarticular (a.) Situated outside of a joint.
Coinheritance :: Coinheritance (n.) Joint inheritance.
Settlement :: Settlement (n.) That which is bestowed formally and permanently; the sum secured to a person; especially, a jointure made to a woman at her marriage; also, in the United States, a sum of money or other property formerly granted to a pastor in additional to his salary..
Kneejoint :: Kneejoint (n.) A toggle joint; -- so called because consisting of two pieces jointed to each other end to end, making an angle like the knee when bent..
Credit Mobilier :: Credit mobilier () A joint stock company, formed for general banking business, or for the construction of public works, by means of loans on personal estate, after the manner of the credit foncier on real estate. In practice, however, this distinction has not been strictly observed..
Cooperation :: Cooperation (n.) The act of cooperating, or of operating together to one end; joint operation; concurrent effort or labor..
Knotgrass :: Knotgrass (n.) a common weed with jointed stems (Polygonum aviculare); knotweed.
Instep :: Instep (n.) The arched middle portion of the human foot next in front of the ankle joint.
Drumstick :: Drumstick (n.) Anything resembling a drumstick in form, as the tibiotarsus, or second joint, of the leg of a fowl..
Shift :: Shift (v. t.) In building, the extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed in courses so as to break joints..
Knee :: Knee (n.) In man, the joint in the middle part of the leg..
Joint :: Joint (a.) Joined; united; combined; concerted; as joint action.
Settlement :: Settlement (n.) The gradual sinking of a building, whether by the yielding of the ground under the foundation, or by the compression of the joints or the material..
Knee :: Knee (n.) The joint, or region of the joint, between the thigh and leg..
Rheumatism :: Rheumatism (n.) A general disease characterized by painful, often multiple, local inflammations, usually affecting the joints and muscles, but also extending sometimes to the deeper organs, as the heart..
Inarticulate :: Inarticulate (a.) Not jointed or articulated; having no distinct body segments; as, an inarticulate worm..
Packing :: Packing (n.) A thin layer, or sheet, of yielding or elastic material inserted between the surfaces of a flange joint..
Dactyl :: Dactyl (n.) A poetical foot of three sylables (-- ~ ~), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented; as, L. tegm/n/, E. mer6ciful; -- so called from the similarity of its arrangement to that of the joints of a finger..
Scrip :: Scrip (n.) A preliminary certificate of a subscription to the capital of a bank, railroad, or other company, or for a share of other joint property, or a loan, stating the amount of the subscription and the date of the payment of the installments; as, insurance scrip, consol scrip, etc. When all the installments are paid, the scrip is exchanged for a bond share certificate..
Joint :: Joint (v. t.) To join; to connect; to unite; to combine.
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