joint

joint
    adj 1: united or combined; "a joint session of Congress"; "joint
           owners" [ant: {separate}]
    2: affecting or involving two or more; "joint income-tax
       return"; "joint ownership"
    3: involving both houses of a legislature; "a joint session of
       Congress"
    n 1: (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or
         elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)
         [syn: {joint}, {articulation}, {articulatio}]
    2: a disreputable place of entertainment
    3: the shape or manner in which things come together and a
       connection is made [syn: {articulation}, {join}, {joint},
       {juncture}, {junction}]
    4: a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for
       slicing into more than one portion [syn: {roast}, {joint}]
    5: junction by which parts or objects are joined together
    6: marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking [syn:
       {joint}, {marijuana cigarette}, {reefer}, {stick}, {spliff}]
    v 1: fit as if by joints; "The boards fit neatly"
    2: provide with a joint; "the carpenter jointed two pieces of
       wood" [syn: {joint}, {articulate}]
    3: fasten with a joint
    4: separate (meat) at the joint
    

Joint \Joint\ (joint), n. [F. joint, fr. joindre, p. p. joint.
   See {Join}.]
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   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.
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   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}.
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            A scaly gauntlet now, with joints of steel,
            Must glove this hand.                 --Shak.
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            To tear thee joint by joint.          --Milton.
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   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.
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   4. Any one of the large pieces of meat, as cut into portions
      by the butcher for roasting.
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   5. (Geol.) A plane of fracture, or divisional plane, of a
      rock transverse to the stratification.
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   6. (Arch.) The space between the adjacent surfaces of two
      bodies joined and held together, as by means of cement,
      mortar, etc.; as, a thin joint.
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   7. The means whereby the meeting surfaces of pieces in a
      structure are secured together.
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   8. [{Jag} a notch.] A projecting or retreating part in
      something; any irregularity of line or surface, as in a
      wall. [Now Chiefly U. S.]
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   9. (Theaters) A narrow piece of scenery used to join together
      two flats or wings of an interior setting.
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   10. a disreputable establishment, or a place of low resort,
       as for smoking opium; -- also used for a commercial
       establishment, implying a less than impeccable
       reputation, but often in jest; as, talking about a
       high-class joint is an oxymoron. [Slang]
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   11. a marijuana cigarette. [Slang]
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   12. prison; -- used with "the". [Slang] " he spent five years
       in the joint."
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   {Coursing joint} (Masonry), the mortar joint between two
      courses of bricks or stones.

   {Fish joint}, {Miter joint}, {Universal joint}, etc. See
      under {Fish}, {Miter}, etc.

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

   {Joint chair} (Railroad), the chair that supports the ends of
      abutting rails.

   {Joint coupling}, a universal joint for coupling shafting.
      See under {Universal}.

   {Joint hinge}, a hinge having long leaves; a strap hinge.

   {Joint splice}, a re["e]nforce at a joint, to sustain the
      parts in their true relation.

   {Joint stool}.
       (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.

   {Out of joint}, 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.
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Joint \Joint\ (joint), a. [F., p. p. of joindre. See {Join}.]
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   1. Joined; united; combined; concerted; as, joint action.
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   2. Involving the united activity of two or more; done or
      produced by two or more working together.
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            I read this joint effusion twice over. --T. Hook.
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   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; a joint bank account; joint
      debtor, etc. "Joint tenants of the world." --Donne.
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   4. Shared by, or affecting two or more; held in common; as,
      joint property; a joint bond.
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            A joint burden laid upon us all.      --Shak.
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   {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 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.

   {Joint resolution} (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).

   {Joint rule} (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.

   {Joint and several} (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; used especially in the
      phrase joint and several liability.

   {Joint stock}, stock held in company.

   {Joint-stock company} (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.

   {Joint tenancy} (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.

   {Joint tenant} (Law), one who holds an estate by joint
      tenancy. Contrassted with {tenant in common}.
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Joint \Joint\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jointed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Jointing}.]
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   1. To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare
      so as to fit together; as, to joint boards.
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            Pierced through the yielding planks of jointed wood.
                                                  --Pope.
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   2. To join; to connect; to unite; to combine.
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            Jointing their force 'gainst Caesar.  --Shak.
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   3. To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate.
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            The fingers are jointed together for motion. --Ray.
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   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.
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            Quartering, jointing, seething, and roasting.
                                                  --Holland.
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Joint \Joint\, v. i.
   To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do; as, the
   stones joint, neatly.
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JOINT. United, not separate; as, joint action, or one which is brought by 
several persons acting together; joint bond, a bond given by two or more 
obligors. 
    

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      diethyltryptamine, dike, dimethyltryptamine, disorderly house,
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      panel den, panel house, parallel, parasitic, pass, passage, peg,
      pemmican, peyote, piled, pin, pinion, pivot, pivot joint, poolroom,
      popular, pot, pot roast, psilocin, psilocybin, psychedelic,
      psychic energizer, psychoactive drug, psychochemical,
      psychotomimetic, public, rabbet, ramification, ravine, reciprocal,
      red-light district, reefer, rent, respective, rift, rime, rivet,
      roach, roast, runner, rupture, saprophytic, sausage meat, scarf,
      scion, scissure, scrapple, screw, seam, sew, shared, shoulder,
      simultaneous, sink, sink of corruption, sink of iniquity, skewer,
      slit, slot, snap, social, socialistic, societal, split,
      sporting house, spray, sprig, spur, stacked, staple, stew, stews,
      stick, stitch, suture, switch, symbiotic, symphysis, syncretistic,
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      weld, whorehouse, wing, wrapped up, wrist, zipper