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Definition: joint
joint
adj 1: united or combined;
“a joint session of Congress”;
“joint
owners” [ant:
separate]
2: affecting or involving two or more;
“joint income-tax
return”;
“joint ownership”
3: involving both houses of a legislature;
“a joint session of
Congress”
joint
n 1: (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or
elements of a skeleton (especially if the articulation
allows motion) [syn:
articulation,
articulatio]
2: a disreputable place of entertainment
3: the shape or manner in which things come together and a
connection is made [syn:
articulation,
join,
juncture,
junction]
4: a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for
slicing into more than one portion [syn:
roast]
5: junction by which parts or objects are joined together
6: marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking [syn:
marijuana cigarette
,
reefer,
stick,
spliff]
joint
v 1: fit as if by joints;
“The boards fit neatly”
2: provide with a joint;
“the carpenter jointed two pieces of
wood” [syn:
articulate]
3: fasten with a joint
4: separate (meat) at the joint
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Joint
Joint
\Joint\ (joint), n. [F. joint, fr. joindre, p. p. joint.
See
Join.]
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1. The place or part where two things or parts are joined or
united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces
admitting of a close-fitting or junction; junction; as, a
joint between two pieces of timber; a joint in a pipe.
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2. A joining of two things or parts so as to admit of motion;
an articulation, whether movable or not; a hinge; as, the
knee joint; a node or joint of a stem; a ball and socket
joint. See
Articulation.
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A scaly gauntlet now, with joints of steel,
Must glove this hand. --Shak.
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To tear thee joint by joint. --Milton.
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3. 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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4. Any one of the large pieces of meat, as cut into portions
by the butcher for roasting.
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5. (Geol.) A plane of fracture, or divisional plane, of a
rock transverse to the stratification.
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6. (Arch.) The space between the adjacent surfaces of two
bodies joined and held together, as by means of cement,
mortar, etc.; as, a thin joint.
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7. The means whereby the meeting surfaces of pieces in a
structure are secured together.
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8. [
Jag a notch.] A projecting or retreating part in
something; any irregularity of line or surface, as in a
wall. [Now Chiefly U. S.]
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9. (Theaters) A narrow piece of scenery used to join together
two flats or wings of an interior setting.
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10. a disreputable establishment, or a place of low resort,
as for smoking opium; -- also used for a commercial
establishment, implying a less than impeccable
reputation, but often in jest; as, talking about a
high-class joint is an oxymoron. [Slang]
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11. a marijuana cigarette. [Slang]
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12. prison; -- used with
“the”. [Slang]
“ he spent five
years in the joint.”
[PJC]
Coursing joint (Masonry), the mortar joint between two
courses of bricks or stones.
Fish joint,
Miter joint,
Universal joint, etc. See
under
Fish,
Miter, etc.
Joint bolt, a bolt for fastening two pieces, as of wood,
one endwise to the other, having a nut embedded in one of
the pieces.
Joint chair (Railroad), the chair that supports the ends of
abutting rails.
Joint coupling, a universal joint for coupling shafting.
See under
Universal.
Joint hinge, a hinge having long leaves; a strap hinge.
Joint splice, a re["e]nforce at a joint, to sustain the
parts in their true relation.
Joint stool.
(a) A stool consisting of jointed parts; a folding stool.
--Shak.
(b) A block for supporting the end of a piece at a joint;
a joint chair.
Out of joint, out of place; dislocated, as when the head of
a bone slips from its socket; hence, not working well
together; disordered.
“The time is out of joint.”
--Shak.
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Joint
\Joint\ (joint), a. [F., p. p. of joindre. See
Join.]
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1. Joined; united; combined; concerted; as, joint action.
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2. Involving the united activity of two or more; done or
produced by two or more working together.
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I read this joint effusion twice over. --T. Hook.
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3. United, joined, or sharing with another or with others;
not solitary in interest or action; holding in common with
an associate, or with associates; acting together; as,
joint heir; joint creditor; a joint bank account; joint
debtor, etc.
“Joint tenants of the world.” --Donne.
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4. Shared by, or affecting two or more; held in common; as,
joint property; a joint bond.
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A joint burden laid upon us all. --Shak.
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Joint committee (Parliamentary Practice), a committee
composed of members of the two houses of a legislative
body, for the appointment of which concurrent resolutions
of the two houses are necessary. --Cushing.
Joint meeting, or
Joint session, the meeting or session
of two distinct bodies as one; as, a joint meeting of
committees representing different corporations; a joint
session of both branches of a State legislature to chose a
United States senator.
“Such joint meeting shall not be
dissolved until the electoral votes are all counted and
the result declared.” --Joint Rules of Congress, U. S.
Joint resolution (Parliamentary Practice), a resolution
adopted concurrently by the two branches of a legislative
body.
“By the constitution of the United States and the
rules of the two houses, no absolute distinction is made
between bills and joint resolutions.” --Barclay (Digest).
Joint rule (Parliamentary Practice), a rule of proceeding
adopted by the concurrent action of both branches of a
legislative assembly.
“Resolved, by the House of
Representatives (the Senate concurring), that the
sixteenth and seventeenth joint rules be suspended for the
remainder of the session.” --Journal H. of R., U. S.
Joint and several (Law), a phrase signifying that the debt,
credit, obligation, etc., to which it is applied is held
in such a way that the parties in interest are engaged
both together and individually thus a joint and several
debt is one for which all the debtors may be sued together
or either of them individually; used especially in the
phrase joint and several liability.
Joint stock, stock held in company.
Joint-stock company (Law), a species of partnership,
consisting generally of a large number of members, having
a capital divided, or agreed to be divided, into shares,
the shares owned by any member being usually transferable
without the consent of the rest.
Joint tenancy (Law), a tenure by two or more persons of
estate by unity of interest, title, time, and possession,
under which the survivor takes the whole. --Blackstone.
Joint tenant (Law), one who holds an estate by joint
tenancy. Contrassted with
tenant in common.
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Joint
\Joint\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Jointed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Jointing.]
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1. To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare
so as to fit together; as, to joint boards.
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Pierced through the yielding planks of jointed wood.
--Pope.
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2. To join; to connect; to unite; to combine.
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Jointing their force 'gainst C[ae]sar. --Shak.
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3. To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate.
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The fingers are jointed together for motion. --Ray.
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4. To separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or
joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as meat.
“He
joints the neck.” --Dryden.
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Quartering, jointing, seething, and roasting.
--Holland.
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Joint
\Joint\, v. i.
To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do; as, the
stones joint, neatly.
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