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A universal joint. See under Universal.
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.
JOINT
a.
Having straight joints.
n.
A joining; a joint.
a.
Having no jointure.
a.
Without a joint; rigid; stiff.
n.
See Jointress.
imp. & p. p.
of Jointure
n.
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.
n.
A tool for pointing the joints in brickwork.
v. t.
To settle a jointure upon.
a.
Having a lap joint, or lap joints, as many kinds of woodwork and metal work.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Jointure
adv.
In a joint manner; together; unitedly; in concert; not separately.
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.
n.
The act or process of making a joint; also, the joints thus produced.
n.
A slender, nearly leafless, American herb (Polygonum articulatum), with jointed spikes of small flowers.
n.
The larva of a small, hymenopterous fly (Eurytoma hordei), 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.
a.
Having short intervals between the joints; -- said of a plant or an animal, especially of a horse whose pastern is too short.
n.
A woman who has a jointure.
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