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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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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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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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Any one of the large pieces of meat, as cut into portions by
the butcher for roasting. |
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A plane of fracture, or divisional plane, of a rock
transverse to the stratification. |
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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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The means whereby the meeting surfaces of pieces in a
structure are secured together. |
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Joined; united; combined; concerted; as joint action. |
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Involving the united activity of two or more; done or
produced by two or more working together. |
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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; joint
debtor, etc. |
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Shared by, or affecting two or more; held in common; as,
joint property; a joint bond. |
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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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To join; to connect; to unite; to combine. |
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To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate. |
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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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To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do; as, the
stones joint, neatly. |
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