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Passegarde :: Passegarde (n.) A ridge or projecting edge on a shoulder piece to turn the blow of a lance or other weapon from the joint of the armor.

Jointer :: "Jointer (n.) One who, or that which, joints..

Rabbet :: Rabbet (v. t.) To unite the edges of, as boards, etc., in a rabbet joint..

Adjoint :: Adjoint (n.) An adjunct; a helper.

Internode :: Internode (n.) A part between two joints; a segment; specifically, one of the phalanges..

Sedge :: Sedge (n.) Any plant of the genus Carex, perennial, endogenous herbs, often growing in dense tufts in marshy places. They have triangular jointless stems, a spiked inflorescence, and long grasslike leaves which are usually rough on the margins and midrib. There are several hundred species..

Jointure :: Jointure (n.) A joining; a joint.

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..

Articular :: Articular (n.) Of or pertaining to the joints; as, an articular disease; an articular process..

Hingeless :: Hingeless (a.) Without a hinge or joint.

Lap-jointed :: Lap-jointed (a.) Having a lap joint, or lap joints, as many kinds of woodwork and metal work..

Circumferentor :: Circumferentor (n.) A surveying instrument, for taking horizontal angles and bearings; a surveyor's compass. It consists of a compass whose needle plays over a circle graduated to 360¡, and of a horizontal brass bar at the ends of which are standards with narrow slits for sighting, supported on a tripod by a ball and socket joint..

Iliopsoas :: Iliopsoas (n.) The great flexor muscle of the hip joint, divisible into two parts, the iliac and great psoas, -- often regarded as distinct muscles..

Blind :: Blind (v. t.) To cover with a thin coating of sand and fine gravel; as a road newly paved, in order that the joints between the stones may be filled..

Jointed :: Jointed (imp. & p. p.) of Join.

Articulation :: Articulation (n.) The state of being jointed; connection of parts.

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..

Homo- :: Homo- () A combining form from Gr. omo`s, one and the same, common, joint..

Parting :: Parting (n.) A joint or fissure, as in a coal seam..

Glasswort :: Glasswort (n.) A seashore plant of the Spinach family (Salicornia herbacea), with succulent jointed stems; also, a prickly plant of the same family (Salsola Kali), both formerly burned for the sake of the ashes, which yield soda for making glass and soap..

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