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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Jointed :: Jointed (imp. & p. p.) of Join.
Iliopsoas :: Iliopsoas (n.) The great flexor muscle of the hip joint, divisible into two parts, the iliac and great psoas, -- often regarded as distinct muscles..
Pinion :: Pinion (v. t.) To disable by cutting off the pinion joint.
Padlock :: Padlock (n.) A portable lock with a bow which is usually jointed or pivoted at one end so that it can be opened, the other end being fastened by the bolt, -- used for fastening by passing the bow through a staple over a hasp or through the links of a chain, etc..
Tripod :: Tripod (n.) A three-legged frame or stand, usually jointed at top, for supporting a theodolite, compass, telescope, camera, or other instrument..
Geniculate :: Geniculate (v. t.) To form joints or knots on.
Common :: Common (v. i.) To have a joint right with others in common ground.
Scarf :: Scarf (n.) In a piece which is to be united to another by a scarf joint, the part of the end or edge that is tapered off, rabbeted, or notched so as to be thinner than the rest of the piece..
Ginglymus :: Ginglymus (n.) A hinge joint; an articulation, admitting of flexion and extension, or motion in two directions only, as the elbow and the ankle..
Settle :: Settle (v. i.) To make a jointure for a wife.
Rust :: Rust (n.) A composition used in making a rust joint. See Rust joint, below..
Joint-fir :: "Joint-fir (n.) A genus (Ephedra) of leafless shrubs, with the stems conspicuously jointed; -- called also shrubby horsetail. There are about thirty species, of which two or three are found from Texas to California..
Knee :: Knee (n.) The joint, or region of the joint, between the thigh and leg..
Trochite :: Trochite (n.) A wheel-like joint of the stem of a fossil crinoid.
Sever :: Sever (v. t.) To disunite; to disconnect; to terminate; as, to sever an estate in joint tenancy..
Conominee :: Conominee (n.) One nominated in conjunction with another; a joint nominee.
Fetlock :: Fetlock (n.) The cushionlike projection, bearing a tuft of long hair, on the back side of the leg above the hoof of the horse and similar animals. Also, the joint of the limb at this point (between the great pastern bone and the metacarpus), or the tuft of hair..
Joint :: Joint (a.) Involving the united activity of two or more; done or produced by two or more working together.
Commoner :: Commoner (n.) One who has a joint right in common ground.
Isis :: Isis (n.) Any coral of the genus Isis, or family Isidae, composed of joints of white, stony coral, alternating with flexible, horny joints. See Gorgoniacea..
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