Definition of joint

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"Joint (v. i.) To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do; as, the stones joint, neatly..

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Codefendant :: Codefendant (n.) A joint defendant.
Incompossible :: Incompossible (a.) Not capable of joint existence; incompatible; inconsistent.
Synartesis :: Synarchy (n.) Joint rule or sovereignity.
Abreuvoir :: Abreuvoir (n.) The joint or interstice between stones, to be filled with mortar..
Dislocate :: Dislocate (v. t.) To displace; to put out of its proper place. Especially, of a bone: To remove from its normal connections with a neighboring bone; to put out of joint; to move from its socket; to disjoint; as, to dislocate your bones..
Trimera :: Trimera (n. pl.) A division of Coleoptera including those which have but three joints in the tarsi.
Disjoint :: Disjoint (a.) Disjointed; unconnected; -- opposed to conjoint.
Articulate :: Articulate (a.) Jointed; formed with joints; consisting of segments united by joints; as, articulate animals or plants..
Rickety :: Rickety (a.) Feeble in the joints; imperfect; weak; shaky.
Tetramera :: Tetramera (n. pl.) A division of Coleoptera having, apparently, only four tarsal joints, one joint being rudimentary..
Lap-jointed :: Lap-jointed (a.) Having a lap joint, or lap joints, as many kinds of woodwork and metal work..
Connectively :: Connectively (adv.) In connjunction; jointly.
Float :: Float (v. t.) To support and sustain the credit of, as a commercial scheme or a joint-stock company, so as to enable it to go into, or continue in, operation..
Luxate :: Luxate (v. t.) To displace, or remove from its proper place, as a joint; to put out of joint; to dislocate..
Joint :: "Joint (v. t.) To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together; as, to joint boards..
Flexion :: Flexion (n.) The bending of a limb or joint; that motion of a joint which gives the distal member a continually decreasing angle with the axis of the proximal part; -- distinguished from extension.
Jointer :: "Jointer (n.) A long stationary plane, for plaining the edges of barrel staves..
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..
Pointing :: Pointing (n.) The act of filling and finishing the joints in masonry with mortar, cement, etc.; also, the material so used..
Hemiptera :: Hemiptera (n. pl.) An order of hexapod insects having a jointed proboscis, including four sharp stylets (mandibles and maxillae), for piercing. In many of the species (Heteroptera) the front wings are partially coriaceous, and different from the others..
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