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d, as upon a wall; a tree or row of trees so trained. And figs from standard and espalier join. Pope.

Having but one joint; -- said of certain insects.

Luxation; the dislocation of a joint. Bailey.

In a very great degree; extremely; exceedingly. [Archaic. It is not joined to verbs.] "The voice exceeding loud." Keble. His raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow. Mark ix. 3. The Genoese were exceeding powerful by sea. Sir W. Raleigh.

the sense, but inserted to fill a vacancy; an oath. While explectives their feeble aid to join, And ten low words oft creep in one dull line. Pope.

portion of a limb; particularly, the removal of a portion of a bone in the vicinity of a joint; the act or process of cutting out.

Situated outside of a joint.

Situated outside of a capsule, esp. outside the capsular ligament of a joint.

A rapid dance in six-eight time in which a large number join hands and dance in various figures, sometimes moving from room to room. It originated in Provence.

dissolute; as, a fast man; a fast liver. Thackeray. Fast and loose, now cohering, now disjoined; inconstant, esp. in the phrases to play at fast and loose, to play fast and loose, to act with giddy or reckless inconstancy or in a tricky manner; to say one thing and do another "Play fast and loose with faith." Shak. Fa…

s, etc.; as, a fat take; a fat page. Fat lute, a mixture of pipe clay and oil for filling joints.

To fit; to join; to unite closely, as two pieces of wood, so as to make the surface fit together.

United by compact, as sovereignties, states, or nations; joined in confederacy; leagued; confederate; as, federate nations.

A form of seam joining two pieces of cloth, the edges being folded together and the stitches taken through both thicknesses.

Joint interest. [Obs.] Arbuthnot.

A state of being together; companionship; partnership; association; hence, confederation; joint interest. The great contention of the sea and skies Parted our fellowship. Shak. Fellowship in pain divides not smart. Milton. Fellowship in woe doth woe assuage. Shak. The goodliest fellowship of famous knights, Whereof thi…

ind of whitlow; a painful imflammation of the periosteum of a finger, usually of the last joint.

r, on the back side of the leg above the hoof of the horse and similar animals. Also, the joint of the limb at this point (between the great pastern bone and the metacarpus), or the tuft of hair. Their wounded steeds Fret fetlock deep in gore. Shak.

A surety; one bound for another, conjointly with him; a guarantor. Blackstone.

The protecting of a joint, as between roof and parapet wall, with mortar, or cement, where flashing is employed in better work.