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inguished (in a bad sense); -- formerly used with words importing a good quality, but now joined with words having a bad sense; as, an egregious rascal; an egregious ass; an egregious mistake. The egregious impudence of this fellow. Bp. Hall. His [Wyclif's] egregious labors are not to be neglected. Milton.…

The joint or bend of the arm; the outer curve in the middle of the arm when bent. Her arms to the elbows naked. R. of Gloucester.

To join in an embrace.

A ball and socket joint, or the kind of articulation represented by such a joint. See Articulation.

A word which is joined to another so closely as to lose its proper accent, as the pronoun thee in prithee (pray thee).

Affixed; subjoined; -- said of a word or particle which leans back upon the preceding word so as to become a part of it, and to lose its own independent accent, generally varying also the accent of the preceding word.

at; a battle; as, a bloody encounter. As one for . . . fierce encounters fit. Spenser. To join their dark encounter in mid-air. Milton .

at order of the Crinoidea which includes most of the living and many fossil forms, having jointed arms around the margin of the oral disk; -- also called Brachiata and Articulata. See Illusts. under Comatula and Crinoidea.

The final syllable or letter of a word; the part joined to the stem. See 3d Case, 5. Ending day, day of death. Chaucer.

To enter into conflict; to join battle; as, the armies engaged in a general battle.

To join or close fast together, as with glue; as, a coffer well englued. Gower.

To designate as by an ensign. [Obs.] Henry but joined the roses that ensigned Particular families. B. Jonson.

To unite in; to join; to be admitted to; to become a member of; as, to enter an association, a college, an army.

ning of dinner to give zest to the appetite; in English usage, a side dish, served with a joint, or between the courses, as a cutlet, scalloped oysters, etc.

A side dish; a dainty or relishing dish usually eaten after the joints or principal dish; also, a sweetmeat, served with a dinner.

Pertaining to, or consisting of, entrochites, or the joints of encrinites; -- used of a kind of stone or marble.

A fossil joint of a crinoid stem.

In crustaceans: The part of the side of a somite external to the basal joint of each appendage. See Illust. under Crustacea.

A genus of cactaceous plants having flattened, jointed stems, and petals united in a tube. The flowers are very showy, and several species are in cultivation.

stub, like soft horn, about the size of a chestnut, situated behind and below the pastern joint.