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(joint), n.[F. joint, fr. joindre, p. p. joint. See Join.] 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. 5. (Geol.) A plane of fracture, or divisional plane, of a rock transverse to the stratification. 6. (Arch.) The space between the adjacent surfaces of two bodies joined Joint (joint), a.[F., p. p. of joindre. See Join.] 1. Joined; united; combined; concerted; as, joint action. 2. Involving the united activity of two or more; done or produced by two or more working together. I read this joint effusion twice over. T. Hook. 3. United, joined, or sharing with another or with others; not solitary in interest or action; holding in common with an associate, or with associates; acting together; as, joint heir; joint creditor; joint debtor, etc. "Joint tenants of the world." Donne. 4. Shared by, or affecting two or more; held in common; as, joint property; a joint bond. A joint burden laid upon us all. Shak. Joint committee (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. Joint meeting, or Joint session, the meeting or session of two distinct bodies as one; as, a joint meeting of committees representing different corporations; a j Joint v. t.[imp. & p. p.Jointed; p. pr. & vb. n.Jointing.] 1. To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together; as, to joint boards. Pierced through the yielding planks of jointed wood. Pope. 2. To join; to connect; to unite; to combine. Jointing their force 'gainst Csar. Shak. 3. To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate. The fingers are jointed together for motion. Ray. 4. To separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as meat. "He joints the neck." Dryden. Quartering, jointing, seething, and roasting. Holland. Joint v. i.To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do; as, the stones joint, neatly. Joint n. 1. [Jag a notch.] A projecting or retreating part in something; any irregularity of line or surface, as in a wall. [Now Chiefly U. S.] 2. (Theaters) A narrow piece of scenery used to join together two flats or wings of an interior setting. 3. A place of low resort, as for smoking opium. [Slang] スポンサード リンク
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