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A plane of fracture, or divisional plane, of a rock transverse to the stratification. (more info) 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

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A plane of fracture, or divisional plane, of a rock transverse to the stratification. (more info) 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. 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. A scaly gauntlet now, with joints of steel, Must glove this hand. Shak. To tear thee joint by joint. Milton. 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. 4. Any one of the large pieces of meat, as cut into portions by the butcher for roasting.

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  • JOINTWEED
    A slender, nearly leafless, American herb (Polygonum articulatum), with jointed spikes of small flowers.
  • PROTUBERANCE
    That which is protuberant swelled or pushed beyond the surrounding or adjacent surface; a swelling or tumor on the body; a prominence; a bunch or knob; an elevation. Solar protuberances , certain rose-colored masses on the limb of the sun which
  • CLUSTERY
    Growing in, or full of, clusters; like clusters. Johnson.
  • JOINTURELESS
    Having no jointure.
  • JOINTING
    The act or process of making a joint; also, the joints thus produced. Jointing machine, a planing machine for wood used in furniture and piano factories, etc. -- Jointing plane. See Jointer, 2. -- Jointing rule , a long straight rule,
  • JOINT
    A plane of fracture, or divisional plane, of a rock transverse to the stratification. (more info) 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
  • DIFFICULTY
    difficilis difficult; dif- = dis- + facilis easy: cf. F. difficulté. 1. The state of being difficult, or hard to do; hardness; arduousness; -- opposed to easiness or facility; as, the difficulty of a task or enterprise; a work of difficulty. Not
  • JOINTURESS
    See BOUVIER
  • JOINTED
    Having joints; articulated; full of nodes; knotty; as, a jointed doll; jointed structure. "The jointed herbage." J. Philips. -- Joint"ed*ly, adv.
  • CLUSTER
    1. A number of things of the same kind growing together; a bunch. Her deeds were like great clusters of ripe grapes, Which load the bunches of the fruitful vine. Spenser. 2. A number of similar things collected together or lying contiguous;
  • INTRICACY
    The state or quality of being intricate or entangled; perplexity; involution; complication; complexity; that which is intricate or involved; as, the intricacy of a knot; the intricacy of accounts; the intricacy of a cause in controversy;
  • JOINTER
    1. One who, or that which, joints. 2. A plane for smoothing the surfaces of pieces which are to be accurately joined; especially: The longest plane used by a joiner. A long stationary plane, for plaining the edges of barrel staves. A bent piece
  • GROUP
    A variously limited assemblage of animals or planta, having some resemblance, or common characteristics in form or structure. The term has different uses, and may be made to include certain species of a genus, or a whole genus, or certain genera,
  • JOINTWORM
    The larva of a small, hymenopterous fly , which is found in gall-like swellings on the stalks of wheat, usually at or just above the first joint. In some parts of America it does great damage to the crop.
  • GROUPER
    One of several species of valuable food fishes of the genus Epinephelus, of the family Serranidæ, as the red grouper, or brown snapper , and the black grouper, or warsaw , both from Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. The tripletail .
  • GROUPING
    The disposal or relative arrangement of figures or objects, as in, drawing, painting, and sculpture, or in ornamental design.
  • JOINTLESS
    Without a joint; rigid; stiff.
  • JOINTLY
    In a joint manner; together; unitedly; in concert; not separately. Then jointly to the ground their knees they bow. Shak.
  • JOINTRESS
    A woman who has a jointure. Blackstone.
  • CLUSTERINGLY
    In clusters.
  • UNJOINT
    To disjoint.
  • STRAIGHT-JOINT
    Having straight joints. Specifically: Applied to a floor the boards of which are so laid that the joints form a continued line transverse to the length of the boards themselves. Brandle & C. In the United States, applied to planking or flooring
  • DISJOINT
    Disjointed; unconnected; -- opposed to conjoint. Milton.
  • UNJOINTED
    Having no joint or articulation; as, an unjointed stem. (more info) 1. Disjointed; unconnected; hence, incoherent. Shak. 2. Etym:
  • SUBGROUP
    A subdivision of a group, as of animals. Darwin.
  • WENLOCK GROUP
    The middle subdivision of the Upper Silurian in Great Britain; -- so named from the typical locality in Shropshire.
  • AGGROUPMENT
    Arrangement in a group or in groups; grouping.
  • DISJOINTED
    Separated at the joints; disconnected; incoherent. -- Dis*joint"ed*ly, adv. -- Dis*joint"ed*ness, n.
  • LAP-JOINTED
    Having a lap joint, or lap joints, as many kinds of woodwork and metal work.
  • REJOINT
    1. To reunite the joints of; to joint anew. Barrow. 2. Specifically , to fill up the joints of, as stones in buildings when the mortar has been dislodged by age and the action of the weather. Gwilt.
  • LUDLOW GROUP
    A subdivision of the British Upper Silurian lying below the Old Red Sandstone; -- so named from the Ludlow, in Western England. See the Chart of Geology.
  • MISRECOLLECTION
    Erroneous or inaccurate recollection.
  • CONJOINTLY
    In a conjoint manner; untitedly; jointly; together. Sir T. Browne.
  • SHORT-JOINTED
    Having short intervals between the joints; -- said of a plant or an animal, especially of a horse whose pastern is too short.
  • AGROUPMENT
    See AGGROUPMENT

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