joint : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus
  ankle; articulatio talocruralis; ankle joint.
  

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• noun a metal or plastic part that is surgically implanted to replace a natural joint (possibly elbow or wrist but usually hip or knee)
  

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• a joint in which a ball moves within a socket, so as to admit of motion in every direction within certain limits.

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• noun a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone
  enarthrodial joint; enarthrosis; ball-and-socket joint; articulatio spheroidea; cotyloid joint.
  
• noun a joint that can rotate within a socket
  

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• a form of coupling similar to that by which a bayonet is fixed on the barrel of a musket.

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• noun a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping
  butt.
  

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Butt" joint`

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1. A joint in which the edges or ends of the pieces united come squarely together instead of overlapping. See 1st Butt, 8.

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But"ting joint`

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1. A joint between two pieces of timber or wood, at the end of one or both, and either at right angles or oblique to the grain, as the joints which the struts and braces form with the truss posts; -- sometimes called abutting joint.

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• noun a place of entertainment where high prices are charged for poor entertainment
  

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• the joint next above the coffin bone.

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• noun a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone
  enarthrodial joint; enarthrosis; ball-and-socket joint; articulatio spheroidea; cotyloid joint.
  

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• (Masonry), the mortar joint between two courses of bricks or stones.

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• noun hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped
  cubitus; human elbow; elbow; articulatio cubiti; cubital joint.
  

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• noun chronic breakdown of cartilage in the joints; the most common form of arthritis occurring usually after middle age
  osteoarthritis; degenerative arthritis.
  

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• adjective satellite having unusually flexible joints especially of the limbs or fingers
  

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• noun a mortise joint formed by interlocking tenons and mortises
  dovetail.
  

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• a joint secured by a dowel or dowels.

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• (Carp.), a joint formed by two edges making a corner.

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• noun hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped
  cubitus; human elbow; elbow; articulatio cubiti; cubital joint.
  

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• noun a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone
  enarthrodial joint; enarthrosis; ball-and-socket joint; articulatio spheroidea; cotyloid joint.
  

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• (Mech. & Engin.), a yielding joint or coupling for so uniting parts of a machine or structure that expansion, as by heat, is prevented from causing injurious strains; as by heat, is prevented from causing injurious strains; as: (a) A side or set of rollers, at the end of bridge truss, to support it but allow end play. (b) A telescopic joint in a steam pipe, to permit one part of the pipe to slide within the other. (c) A clamp for holding a locomotive frame to the boiler while allowing lengthwise motion.

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• (Arch.), a joint in the face of a wall or other structure.

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• noun the joint between the cannon bone and the pastern
  fetlock.
  

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• noun an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull)
  sutura; suture.
  

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• noun a butt joint formed by bolting fish plates to the sides of two rails or beams
  

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• a joint formed by a plate or pair of plates fastened upon two meeting beams, plates, etc., at their junction; used largely in connecting the rails of railroads.

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• etc. See under Fish, Miter, etc.

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• a joint, as that of pipes, where the connecting pieces have flanges by which the parts are bolted together.

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• noun a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other
  hinge.
  

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• (Mach.), a universal joint embodying the principle of the gimbal.

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• . See Gimbal joint, under Gimbal.

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• noun a freely moving joint in which the bones are so articulated as to allow extensive movement in one plane
  ginglymus; ginglymoid joint.
  

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• noun a freely moving joint in which the articulations allow only gliding motions
  articulatio plana.
  

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• a close joint made by grinding together two pieces, as of metal with emery and oil, or of glass with fine sand and water.

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• . (a) (Carp.) A joint, as of two or more boards, etc., at right angles to the grain of the wood. (b) (Masonry) A joint between two roussoirs in the same course.

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• noun a freely moving joint in which the bones are so articulated as to allow extensive movement in one plane
  ginglymus; ginglymoid joint.
  
• noun a joint allowing movement in one plane only
  hinge joint.
  

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• . (a) (Anat.) See Ginglymus. (b) (Mech.) Any joint resembling a hinge, by which two pieces are connected so as to permit relative turning in one plane.

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• noun the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum
  hip; coxa; articulatio coxae.
  

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• (Anat.), the articulation between the thigh bone and hip bone.

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• noun tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle
  hock.
  

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Hooke's joint

Etymology

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1. (Mach.) A universal joint. See under Universal.

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• noun any of the joints between the phalanges of the fingers or toes
  

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• (Arch.), a joint in any kind of building material, where the joining surfaces are made with joggles.

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• (Law), a phrase signifying that the debt, credit, obligation, etc., to which it is applied is held in such a way that the parties in interest are engaged both together and individually thus a joint and several debt is one for which all the debtors may be sued together or either of them individually.

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• noun a writer who collaborates with others in writing something
  coauthor.
  

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• a bolt for fastening two pieces, as of wood, one endwise to the other, having a nut embedded in one of the pieces.

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• (Railroad), the chair that supports the ends of abutting rails.

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• noun the executive agency that advises the President on military questions; composed of the chiefs of the United States Army and the United States Navy and the United States Air Force and the commandant of the United States Marine Corps
  Joint Chiefs.
  

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• noun the executive agency that advises the President on military questions; composed of the chiefs of the United States Army and the United States Navy and the United States Air Force and the commandant of the United States Marine Corps
  Joint Chiefs.
  

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• (Parliamentary Practice), a committee composed of members of the two houses of a legislative body, for the appointment of which concurrent resolutions of the two houses are necessary. Cushing.

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• a universal joint for coupling shafting. See under Universal.

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• noun a pinpoint bomb guidance device that can be strapped to a gravity bomb thus converting dumb bombs into smart bombs
  JDAM.
  

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• noun jointed and nearly leafless desert shrub having reduced scalelike leaves and reddish fleshy seeds
  ephedra.
  

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• noun a hinge with two long straps; one strap is fastened to the surface of a moving part (e.g., a door or lid) and the other is fastened to the adjacent stationary frame
  strap hinge.
  

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• a hinge having long leaves; a strap hinge.

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• the meeting or session of two distinct bodies as one; as, a joint meeting of committees representing different corporations; a joint session of both branches of a State legislature to chose a United States senator. "Such joint meeting shall not be dissolved until the electoral votes are all counted and the result declared." Joint Rules of Congress, U. S.

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• noun the probability of two events occurring together
  

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• noun a resolution passed by both houses of Congress which becomes legally binding when signed by the Chief Executive (or passed over the Chief Executive's veto)
  

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• (Parliamentary Practice), a resolution adopted concurrently by the two branches of a legislative body. "By the constitution of the United States and the rules of the two houses, no absolute distinction is made between bills and joint resolutions." Barclay (Digest).

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• noun a return filed by a husband and wife
  

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• (Parliamentary Practice), a rule of proceeding adopted by the concurrent action of both branches of a legislative assembly. "Resolved, by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), that the sixteenth and seventeenth joint rules be suspended for the remainder of the session." Journal H. of R., U. S.

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• noun snakelike lizard of Europe and Asia and North America with vestigial hind limbs and the ability to regenerate its long fragile tail
  glass lizard; glass snake.
  

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• a reënforce at a joint, to sustain the parts in their true relation.

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• stock held in company.

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• . (a) A stool consisting of jointed parts; a folding stool. Shak. (b) A block for supporting the end of a piece at a joint; a joint chair.

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• (Law), a tenure by two or more persons of estate by unity of interest, title, time, and possession, under which the survivor takes the whole. Blackstone.

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• (Law), one who holds an estate by joint tenancy.

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• noun a venture by a partnership or conglomerate designed to share risk or expertise
  
  • a joint venture between the film companies to produce TV shows

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Joint"-fir` noun

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1. (Bot.) A genus (Ephedra) of leafless shrubs, with the stems conspicuously jointed; -- called also shrubby horsetail. There are about thirty species, of which two or three are found from Texas to California.

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• noun a company (usually unincorporated) which has the capital of its members pooled in a common fund; transferable shares represent ownership interest; shareholders are legally liable for all debts of the company
  

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• (Law), a species of partnership, consisting generally of a large number of members, having a capital divided, or agreed to be divided, into shares, the shares owned by any member being usually transferable without the consent of the rest.

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• noun Eurasian weed having yellow or mauve or white flowers and podlike fruits
  runch; wild radish; wild rape; Raphanus raphanistrum.
  

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• noun rush of Australia
  Juncus articulatus.
  

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• noun a long carpenter's plane used to shape the edges of boards so they will fit together
  long plane; jointer; jointer plane.
  

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• noun a small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukebox
  juke house; jook house; jook; jook joint; juke.
  

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• noun a small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukebox
  juke house; jook house; jook; jook joint; juke.
  

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• . (a) A butt joint . (b) A flush joint, as of plank in carvel-built vessels.

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• noun hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
  knee; genu; articulatio genus; human knee.
  

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• . See in the Vocabulary.

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• noun a joint of a finger when the fist is closed
  knuckle; knuckle joint.
  
• noun a joint allowing movement in one plane only
  hinge joint.
  

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• (Mach.), a hinge joint, in which a projection with an eye, on one piece, enters a jaw between two corresponding projections with eyes, on another piece, and is retained by a pin which passes through the eyes and forms the pivot.

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• noun joint made by overlapping two ends and joining them together
  splice.
  

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• a joint made by one layer, part, or piece, overlapping another, as in the scarfing of timbers.

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• adjective satellite jointed so as to produce a flush surface
  

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Lap"-joint`ed adjective

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1. Having a lap joint, or lap joints, as many kinds of woodwork and metal work.

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• adjective satellite loosely articulated or constructed
  
  • a loose-jointed paragraph

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• noun the joint between the head of the lower jawbone and the temporal bone
  mandibular joint; articulatio temporomandibularis.
  

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• (Geol.), a quarryman's term for the more prominent and extended joints traversing a rock mass.

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• noun a joint of a finger when the fist is closed
  knuckle; knuckle joint.
  

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• noun joint that forms a corner; usually both sides are bevelled at a 45-degree angle to form a 90-degree corner
  mitre; miter; miter joint.
  

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• a joint formed by pieces matched and united upon a line bisecting the angle of junction, as by the beveled ends of two pieces of molding or brass rule, etc. The term is used especially when the pieces form a right angle. See Miter, 2.

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• noun joint that forms a corner; usually both sides are bevelled at a 45-degree angle to form a 90-degree corner
  mitre; miter; miter joint.
  

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• noun a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus
  ankle; articulatio talocruralis; ankle joint.
  
• noun a joint made by inserting tenon on one piece into mortise holes in the other
  mortise joint.
  

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• a joint made by a mortise and tenon.

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• noun a joint made by inserting tenon on one piece into mortise holes in the other
  mortise joint.
  

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• a low resort of opium smokers. Slang

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• out of place; dislocated, as when the head of a bone slips from its socket; hence, not working well together; disordered. "The time is out of joint." Shak.
• not in proper connection or adjustment; unhinged; disordered. "The time is out of joint." Shak.

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• the joint in the hoof of the horse, and allied animals, between the great and small pastern bones.

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• noun a freely moving joint in which movement is limited to rotation
  pivot joint; articulatio trochoidea; rotary joint.
  
  • the articulation of the radius and ulna in the arm is a pivot joint

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• in sheet-metal work, a lap joint, fastened by solder.

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• noun a joint formed by fitting together two rabbeted boards
  

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• noun a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones
  carpus; radiocarpal joint; wrist; articulatio radiocarpea.
  

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• (Railroad), a splice connecting the adjacent ends of rails, in distinction from a chair, which is merely a seat. The two devices are sometimes united. Among several hundred varieties, the fish joint is standard. See Fish joint, under Fish.

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• noun a type of pliers
  

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• a joint between two or more pieces secured by rivets.

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• noun a freely moving joint in which movement is limited to rotation
  pivot joint; articulatio trochoidea; rotary joint.
  
  • the articulation of the radius and ulna in the arm is a pivot joint

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• noun a freely moving joint in which movement is limited to rotation
  pivot joint; articulatio trochoidea; rotary joint.
  
  • the articulation of the radius and ulna in the arm is a pivot joint

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• a knuckle joint having shoulders that abut when the connected pieces come in line with each other, and thus permit folding in one direction only.

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• a joint made between surfaces of iron by filling the space between them with a wet mixture of cast-iron borings, sal ammoniac, and sulphur, which by oxidation becomes hard, and impervious to steam, water, etc.

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• in sheet-metal roofing, a joint formed by bending up the edge of a sheet and folding it downward over the turned-up edge of the next sheet.

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• noun a joint made by notching the ends of two pieces of timber or metal so that they will lock together end-to-end
  scarf.
  

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• (a) A joint made by overlapping and bolting or locking together the ends of two pieces of timber that are halved, notched, or cut away so that they will fit each other and form a lengthened beam of the same size at the junction as elsewhere . (b) A joint formed by welding, riveting, or brazing together the overlapping scarfed ends, or edges, of metal rods, sheets, etc.

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• noun the upper joint of the leg of a fowl
  thigh.
  

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• (Bot.), an annual leguminous herb (Æschynomene hispida), with sensitive foliage.

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• (Anat.), a joint formed by a bony ring passing through a hole in a bone, as at the bases of spines in some fishes.

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Short"-joint`ed adjective

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1. Having short intervals between the joints; -- said of a plant or an animal, especially of a horse whose pastern is too short.

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• noun a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula
  shoulder; articulatio humeri.
  

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• noun pliers with a joint adjustable to two positions in order to increase the opening of the jaws
  

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• noun a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone
  enarthrodial joint; enarthrosis; ball-and-socket joint; articulatio spheroidea; cotyloid joint.
  

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• a joint for uniting pipes, formed by the insertion of the end of one pipe, or pipe fitting, into a socket at the end of another.

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Straight"-joint` adjective

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1. (Arch.) Having straight joints. Specifically: (a) 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. (b) In the United States, applied to planking or flooring put together without the tongue and groove, the pieces being laid edge to edge.

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• a joint, the two pieces composing which turn round, with respect to each other, on a longitudinal pin or axis, as in a chain, to prevent twisting.

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• noun a joint so articulated as to move freely
  articulatio synovialis; diarthrosis.
  

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• noun the joint between the head of the lower jawbone and the temporal bone
  mandibular joint; articulatio temporomandibularis.
  

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• to lay or arrange bricks, shingles, etc., so that the joints in one course shall not coincide with those in the preceding course.

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• (Masonry), to fill them in; to point the level; to make them flush.

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• to humiliate one's pride, esp. by supplanting one in the affections of another. Slang

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• (Plumbing), to make a joint, as between pieces of lead pipe, by surrounding the junction with a mass of solder, applied in a plastic condition by means of a rag with which the solder is shaped by rubbing.

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• noun a joint made by two arms attached by a pivot; used to apply pressure at the two ends by straightening the joint
  

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• an elbow or knee joint, consisting of two bars so connected that they may be brought quite or nearly into a straight line, and made to produce great endwise pressure, when any force is applied to bring them into this position.

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• noun a mortise joint made by fitting a projection on the edge of one board into a matching groove on another board
  

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• . (Mech.) (a) A joint formed by means of a union. (b) A piece of pipe made in the form of the letter T.

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• noun coupling that connects two rotating shafts allowing freedom of movement in all directions
  universal.
  
  • in motor vehicles a universal joint allows the driveshaft to move up and down as the vehicle passes over bumps

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• (Mach.), a contrivance used for joining two shafts or parts of a machine endwise, so that the one may give rotary motion to the other when forming an angle with it, or may move freely in all directions with respect to the other, as by means of a cross connecting the forked ends of the two shafts (Fig. 1). Since this joint can not act when the angle of the shafts is less than 140°, a double joint of the same kind is sometimes used for giving rotary motion at angles less than 140° (Fig. 2).

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Wa"ter joint`

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1. (Arch.) A joint in a stone pavement where the stones are left slightly higher than elsewhere, the rest of the surface being sunken or dished. The raised surface is intended to prevent the settling of water in the joints.

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• a joint, as of plates, made with a welt, instead of by overlapping the edges. See Weld, n., 1 (d).

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• noun a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones
  carpus; radiocarpal joint; wrist; articulatio radiocarpea.
  

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