Definition of joint

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"Joint (v. t.) To separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as meat..

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Stifled :: Stifle (n.) The joint next above the hock, and near the flank, in the hind leg of the horse and allied animals; the joint corresponding to the knee in man; -- called also stifle joint. See Illust. under Horse..
Packing :: Packing (n.) A substance or piece used to make a joint imperviou.
Knot :: Knot (n.) A protuberant joint in a plant.
Arthrography :: Arthrography (n.) The description of joints.
Lux :: Lux (v. t.) To put out of joint; to luxate.
Geniculate :: Geniculate (v. t.) To form joints or knots on.
Unjoint :: Unjoint (v. t.) To disjoint.
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..
Disarticulate :: Disarticulate (v. t.) To sunder; to separate, as joints..
Popliteal :: Popliteal (a.) Of or pertaining to the ham; in the region of the ham, or behind the knee joint; as, the popliteal space..
Meropodite :: Meropodite (n.) The fourth joint of a typical appendage of Crustacea.
Joint :: "Joint (n.) The space between the adjacent surfaces of two bodies joined and held together, as by means of cement, mortar, etc.; as, a thin joint..
Curb :: Curb (n.) A swelling on the back part of the hind leg of a horse, just behind the lowest part of the hock joint, generally causing lameness..
Pin :: Pin (n.) The tenon of a dovetail joint.
Knuckled :: Knuckled (a.) Jointed.
Exarticulation :: Exarticulation (n.) Luxation; the dislocation of a joint.
Kneepan :: Kneepan (n.) A roundish, flattened, sesamoid bone in the tendon in front of the knee joint; the patella; the kneecap..
Butting Joint :: Butting joint () A joint between two pieces of timber or wood, at the end of one or both, and either at right angles or oblique to the grain, as the joints which the struts and braces form with the truss posts; -- sometimes called abutting joint..
Reed :: Reed (n.) A musical instrument made of the hollow joint of some plant; a rustic or pastoral pipe.
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..
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