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Joint efficiency; coöperation. Glanvill.

Joint establishment. Bp. Watson.

Joint estate. Smolett.

A joint executor.

A joint executrix.

esponding to the third phalanx of the middle finger, or toe, of most mammals. -- Coffin joint, the joint next above the coffin bone.

A tenon in a scarf joint; a coak. Knight.

A joint guardian.

A joint heir; one of two or more heirs; one of several entitled to an inheritance.

A female heir who inherits with other heiresses; a joint heiress.

A joint herald.

l headdress, such as that worn by certain judges in England. [Writting also quoif.] From point and saucy ermine down To the plain coif and russet gown. H. Brocke. The judges, . . . althout they are not of the first magnitude, nor need be of the degree of the coif, yet are they considerable. Bacon.

Joint inheritance.

Insurance jointly with another or others; specif., that system of fire insurance in which the insurer is treated as insuring himself to the extent of that part of the risk not covered by his policy, so that any loss is apportioned between him and the insurance company on the principle of average, as in marine insurance…

e United States Weather Bureau, an unusual fall in temperature, to or below the freezing point, exceeding 16º in twenty-four hours or 20º in thirty-six hours, independent of the diurnal range.

To compare critically, as books or manuscripts, in order to note the points of agreement or disagreement. I must collage it, word, with the original Hebrew. Coleridge.

Tending to collect; forming a collection. Local is his throne . . . to fix a point, A central point, collective of his sons. Young.

An officer appointed and commissioned to collect and receive customs, duties, taxes, or toll. A great part of this is now embezzled . . . by collectors, and other officers. Sir W. Temple.

A joint legatee.

y. (b) An association of churches, possessing common revenues and administered under the joint pastorate of several ministers; as, the Reformed (Dutch) Collegiate Church of New York.