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The arched middle portion of the human foot next in front of the ankle joint.

Situated between joints or articulations; as, interarticular cartilages and ligaments.

Of or pertaining to internodes; intervening between nodes or joints.

A part between two joints; a segment; specifically, one of the phalanges.

; to bedeck; as, to invest with honor or glory; to invest with an estate. I do invest you jointly with my power. Shak.

passion or disease (Med.), a rheumatic or neuralgic affection of some part about the hip joint; -- called also sciatica.

Of or pertaining to the ischium and the capsule of the hip joint; as, the ischiocapsular ligament.

The third joint or the antennæ of the Crustacea.

The third joint of the typical appendages of Crustacea.

Any coral of the genus Isis, or family Isidæ, composed of joints of white, stony coral, alternating with flexible, horny joints. See Gorgoniacea.

rrectly, applied to a separate piece fitted into two adjacent stones, or the like. Joggle joint (Arch.), a joint in any kind of building material, where the joining surfaces are made with joggles.

th; to league one's self with; to unite with; as, to join a party; to join the church. We jointly now to join no other head. Dryden.

ressure so that his opposing movement will throw him out of balance, dislocate or break a joint, etc. It opposes knowledge and skill to brute strength, and demands an extensive practical knowledge of human anatomy.

ce of brickwork or masonry. From the jump, from the start or beginning. [Colloq.] -- Jump joint. (a) A butt joint. (b) A flush joint, as of plank in carvel-built vessels. -- Jump seat. (a) A movable carriage seat. (b) A carriage constructed with a seat which may be shifted so as to make room for second or extra seat.…

n rodent (Pedetes Caffer), allied to the jerboa. -- Jumping jack, a toy figure of a man, jointed and made to jump or dance by means of strings. -- Jumping louse (Zoöl.), any of the numerous species of plant lice belonging to the family Psyllidæ, several of which are injurious to fruit trees. -- Jumping mouse (Zoöl.)…

covering or break-join plate riveted to and uniting the edges of sheets which make a butt joint. -- Junction rails (Railroads), the switch, or movable, rails, connecting one line of track with another.

The line or point at which two bodies are joined; a joint; an articulation; a seam; as, the junctures of a vessel or of the bones. Boyle.

A fancy dish; a titbit; a delicacy. Some pigeons, . . . a joint of mutton, and any pretty little tiny kickshaws. Shak. Cressy was lost by kickshaws and soup-maigre. Fenton.

In man, the joint in the middle part of the leg.

Geniculated; forming an obtuse angle at the joints, like the knee when a little bent; as, kneed grass.