DISJOINT

a. n. v.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Disjointed; unconnected; -- opposed to conjoint. Milton.

2.
n.

Difficult situation; dilemma; strait. [Obs.] "I stand in such disjoint." Chaucer.

3.
v.

To separate the joints of; to separate, as parts united by joints; to put out of joint; to force out of its socket; to dislocate; as, to disjoint limbs; to disjoint bones; to disjoint a fowl in carving. Yet what could swords or poisons, racks or flame, But mangle and disjoint the brittle frame Prior.

4.
v.

To separate at junctures or joints; to break where parts are united; to break in pieces; as, disjointed columns; to disjoint and edifice. Some half-ruined wall Disjointed and about to fall. Longfellow.

5.
v.

To break the natural order and relations of; to make incoherent; as, a disjointed speech.

6.
v.

To fall in pieces. Shak.

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