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o deprive of ligaments; to loose the ligaments of. He with his bare wand can unthread thy joints. Milton.

The drooping edging of the lid of a trunk. which covers the joint when the lid is closed.

One of the central ossicles in each joint of the arms of an ophiuran.

Having movable joints resembling vertebræ; -- said of the arms ophiurans.

key a pair of pipes, of which one is tuned slightly sharp to give a wavy effect to their joint tone.

ich have alternate, pointed leaves, and a soft, herbaceous stem which roots freely at the joints. They are commonly cultivated in hanging baskets, window boxes, etc. -- Wandering kidney (Med.), a morbid condition in which one kidney, or, rarely, both kidneys, can be moved in certain directions; -- called also floating…

The Chinese name of one or two species of bamboo, or jointed cane, of the genus Phyllostachys. The slender stems are much used for walking sticks. [Written also whanghee.]

agon axle to prevent endwise motion of the hub of the wheel and relieve friction, or in a joint to form a packing, etc.

of wood, rubber, or other material, applied to an outer door or window so as to cover the joint made by it with the sill, casings, or threshold, in order to exclude rain, snow, cold air, etc.

The state of being welded; the joint made by welding. Butt weld. See under Butt. -- Scarf weld, a joint made by overlapping, and welding together, the scarfed ends of two pieces.

am boilers and sheet-iron work, a strip riveted upon the edges of plates that form a butt joint.

ing of the knee, produced by a strumous inflammation of the synovial membranes of the kneejoint and of the cancellar texture of the end of the bone forming the kneejoint; -- applied also to a lingering chronic swelling of almost any kind. -- White tombac. See Tombac. -- White trout (Zoöl.), the white weakfish, or sil…

A circle of two or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem.

Quality or state of being wild; wildness. [Obs.] These paths and bowers doubt not but our joint hands. Will keep from wilderness with ease. Milton.

A soft tumor or synovial swelling on the fetlock joint of a horse; -- so called from having formerly been supposed to contain air.

y coveyne [covin] or gile be wiped beside their goods. Robynson (More's Utopia) To wipe a joint (Plumbing), to make a joint, as between pieces of lead pipe, by surrounding the junction with a mass of solder, applied in a plastic condition by means of a rag with which the solder is shaped by rubbing. -- To wipe the nos…

A sprain; an injury by twisting, as in a joint.

The joint, or the region of the joint, between the hand and the arm; the carpus. See Carpus. He took me by the wrist, and held me hard. Shak.