Definition of joint

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"Joint (n.) 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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Coadjuvancy :: Coadjuvancy (n.) Joint help; cooperation.
Grass :: Grass (n.) An endogenous plant having simple leaves, a stem generally jointed and tubular, the husks or glumes in pairs, and the seed single..
Brick :: Brick (v. t.) To imitate or counterfeit a brick wall on, as by smearing plaster with red ocher, making the joints with an edge tool, and pointing them..
Syntax :: Syntax (n.) Connected system or order; union of things; a number of things jointed together; organism.
Unite :: Unite (v. t.) United; joint; as, unite consent..
Disarticulate :: Disarticulate (v. t.) To sunder; to separate, as joints..
Hip :: Hip (n.) The projecting region of the lateral parts of one side of the pelvis and the hip joint; the haunch; the huckle.
Gouty :: Gouty (a.) Diseased with, or subject to, the gout; as, a gouty person; a gouty joint..
Jointed :: Jointed (imp. & p. p.) of Join.
Elbow :: Elbow (n.) The joint or bend of the arm; the outer curve in the middle of the arm when bent.
Shoulder :: Shoulder (n.) The upper joint of the fore leg and adjacent parts of an animal, dressed for market; as, a shoulder of mutton..
Gout :: Gout (n.) A constitutional disease, occurring by paroxysms. It consists in an inflammation of the fibrous and ligamentous parts of the joints, and almost always attacks first the great toe, next the smaller joints, after which it may attack the greater articulations. It is attended with various sympathetic phenomena, particularly in the digestive organs. It may also attack internal organs, as the stomach, the intestines, etc..
Joint :: "Joint (n.) 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..
Disjointing :: Disjointing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disjoin.
Phalangoidea :: Phalangoidea (n. pl.) A division of Arachnoidea, including the daddy longlegs or harvestman (Phalangium) and many similar kinds. They have long, slender, many-jointed legs; usually a rounded, segmented abdomen; and chelate jaws. They breathe by tracheae. Called also Phalangides, Phalangidea, Phalangiida, and Opilionea..
Jointless :: Jointless (a.) Without a joint; rigid; stiff.
Rust :: Rust (n.) A composition used in making a rust joint. See Rust joint, below..
Joint :: "Joint (v. i.) To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do; as, the stones joint, neatly..
Articulation :: Articulation (n.) The state of being jointed; connection of parts.
Podagra :: Podagra (n.) Gout in the joints of the foot; -- applied also to gout in other parts of body.
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