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A universal joint. See under Universal.

To disjoint; to separate. [Obs.] Holland.

To point; to mark with stops or pauses; to punctuate. [R.] Her sighs should interpoint her words. Daniel.

or more smooth or even surfaces admitting of a close-fitting or junction; junction as, a joint between two pieces of timber; a joint in a pipe.

A genus (Ephedra) of leafless shrubs, with the stems conspicuously jointed; -- called also shrubby horsetail. There are about thirty species, of which two or three are found from Texas to California.

Having joints; articulated; full of nodes; knotty; as, a jointed doll; jointed structure. "The jointed herbage." J. Philips. -- Joint"ed*ly, adv.

One who, or that which, joints.

The act or process of making a joint; also, the joints thus produced. Jointing machine, a planing machine for wood used in furniture and piano factories, etc. -- Jointing plane. See Jointer, 2. -- Jointing rule (Masonry), a long straight rule, used by bricklayers for securing straight joints and faces.…

Without a joint; rigid; stiff.

In a joint manner; together; unitedly; in concert; not separately. Then jointly to the ground their knees they bow. Shak.

A woman who has a jointure. [Written also jointuress.] Blackstone.

A joining; a joint. [Obs.]

Having no jointure.

See Jointress. Bouvier.

A slender, nearly leafless, American herb (Polygonum articulatum), with jointed spikes of small flowers.

found in gall-like swellings on the stalks of wheat, usually at or just above the first joint. In some parts of America it does great damage to the crop.

The joint of the knee.

Geniculate; kneed. See Kneed, a., 2.

Having a lap joint, or lap joints, as many kinds of woodwork and metal work.

To point improperly; to punctuate wrongly.