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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.

to maintain irritation in a wound, and promote the secretion and discharge of pus. -- To join, or take, issue, to take opposing sides in a matter in controversy.

The shackle for joining a chain cable to an anchor.

To join by means of joggles, so as to prevent sliding apart; sometimes, loosely, to dowel. The struts of a roof are joggled into the truss posts. Gwilt.

The religious doctrines and rites of the Jews as enjoined in the laws of Moses. J. S. Mill.

The figures of two heads on a medal or coin, either side by side or joined.

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.

To join by a butt weld.

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.)…

The act of joining, or the state of being joined; union; combination; coalition; as, the junction of two armies or detachments; the junction of paths.

A joining; a union; an alliance. [Obs.] "Devotional compliance and juncture of hearts." Eikon Basilike.

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.

etimes so that they fold up out of sight and allow the kitchen to be made a part of the adjoining room by opening folding doors.

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.

A name given to certain catechumens and penitents who were permitted to join only in parts of church worship.

A roundish, flattened, sesamoid bone in the tendon in front of the knee joint; the patella; the kneecap.

To join; to cause to grow together. Nature can not knit the bones while the parts are under a discharge. Wiseman.

One who, or that which, knits, joins, or unites; a knitting machine. Shak.