Definition of joint

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"Joint (n.) A plane of fracture, or divisional plane, of a rock transverse to the stratification..

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Jointure :: Jointure (v. t.) To settle a jointure upon.
Homogeny :: Homogeny (n.) Joint nature.
Joint :: "Joint (n.) 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..
Geniculate :: Geniculate (v. t.) To form joints or knots on.
Coexecutrix :: Coexecutrix (n.) A joint executrix.
Root :: Root (n.) The descending, and commonly branching, axis of a plant, increasing in length by growth at its extremity only, not divided into joints, leafless and without buds, and having for its offices to fix the plant in the earth, to supply it with moisture and soluble matters, and sometimes to serve as a reservoir of nutriment for future growth. A true root, however, may never reach the ground, but may be attached to a wall, etc., as in the ivy, or may hang loosely in the air, as in some epiphy
Cheliform :: Cheliform (a.) Having a movable joint or finger closing against a preceding joint or a projecting part of it, so that the whole may be used for grasping, as the claw of a crab; pincherlike..
Cercopod :: Cercopod (n.) One of the jointed antenniform appendages of the posterior somites of certain insects.
Scarf :: Scarf (v. t.) To unite, as two pieces of timber or metal, by a scarf joint..
Vertebrated :: Vertebrated (a.) Having movable joints resembling vertebrae; -- said of the arms ophiurans.
Internodal :: Internodal (a.) Of or pertaining to internodes; intervening between nodes or joints.
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..
Disjointed :: Disjointed (imp. & p. p.) of Disjoin.
Cotrustee :: Cotrustee (n.) A joint trustee.
Deuterozooid :: Deuterozooid (n.) One of the secondary, and usually sexual, zooids produced by budding or fission from the primary zooids, in animals having alternate generations. In the tapeworms, the joints are deuterozooids..
Rickety :: Rickety (a.) Feeble in the joints; imperfect; weak; shaky.
Jointuress :: Jointuress (n.) See Jointress.
Sleeve :: Sleeve (n.) A short piece of pipe used for covering a joint, or forming a joint between the ends of two other pipes..
Rejoint :: Rejoint (v. t.) Specifically (Arch.), to fill up the joints of, as stones in buildings when the mortar has been dislodged by age and the action of the weather..
Dislocation :: Dislocation (n.) The act of dislocating, or putting out of joint; also, the condition of being thus displaced..
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