Definition of joint

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Joint (n.) The means whereby the meeting surfaces of pieces in a structure are secured together.

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Bonus :: Bonus (n.) An extra dividend to the shareholders of a joint stock company, out of accumulated profits..
Cog :: Cog (n.) A tenon in a scarf joint; a coak.
Collude :: Collude (v. i.) To have secretly a joint part or share in an action; to play into each other's hands; to conspire; to act in concert.
Tunicated :: Tunicated (a.) Having each joint buried in the preceding funnel-shaped one, as in certain antennae of insects..
Cooperative :: Cooperative (a.) Operating jointly to the same end.
Hough :: Hough (n.) Same as Hock, a joint..
Hingeless :: Hingeless (a.) Without a hinge or joint.
Disjoint :: Disjoint (v. t.) To separate at junctures or joints; to break where parts are united; to break in pieces; as, disjointed columns; to disjoint and edifice..
Shampoo :: Shampoo (v. t.) To press or knead the whole surface of the body of (a person), and at the same time to stretch the limbs and joints, in connection with the hot bath..
Sarmentose :: Sarmentose (a.) Long and filiform, and almost naked, or having only leaves at the joints where it strikes root; as, a sarmentose stem..
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..
Luxate :: Luxate (v. t.) To displace, or remove from its proper place, as a joint; to put out of joint; to dislocate..
Podagra :: Podagra (n.) Gout in the joints of the foot; -- applied also to gout in other parts of body.
Knot :: Knot (v. i.) To form knots or joints, as in a cord, a plant, etc.; to become entangled..
Wrist :: Wrist (n.) The joint, or the region of the joint, between the hand and the arm; the carpus. See Carpus..
Action :: Action (n.) A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public funds; hence, in the plural, equivalent to stocks..
Root :: Root (n.) The descending, and commonly branching, axis of a plant, increasing in length by growth at its extremity only, not divided into joints, leafless and without buds, and having for its offices to fix the plant in the earth, to supply it with moisture and soluble matters, and sometimes to serve as a reservoir of nutriment for future growth. A true root, however, may never reach the ground, but may be attached to a wall, etc., as in the ivy, or may hang loosely in the air, as in some epiphy
Saddle :: Saddle (n.) The threshold of a door, when a separate piece from the floor or landing; -- so called because it spans and covers the joint between two floors..
Dowager :: Dowager (n.) A widow endowed, or having a jointure; a widow who either enjoys a dower from her deceased husband, or has property of her own brought by her to her husband on marriage, and settled on her after his decease..
Articulus :: Articulus (n.) A joint of the cirri of the Crinoidea; a joint or segment of an arthropod appendage.
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