jointed, Joynted

[ Eng.joint; ed.] I. Ordinary Language: 1. Full of joints or knots; knotty. "Three cubits high the jointed herbage shoots." IMG:content-0143.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Separating nearly or even falling to pieces at the joints; as the legumes of Ornithopus or the leaflets of Gui land in a bonduc. 2. Looking as if it po e ed joints, as the stem and leaves of Juncus articulatus . ( Lindley .) jointed-ferns, s. pl . Bot .: The order Equisetaceae (q. v.). jointed-microscope, s . A pocket microscope in which the handle and lens-holder shut down against the slide on which the object pliers are adjustable. joint-ěd-ly, adv . [Eng. jointed; -ly.] In a jointed manner; with joints. joint-er, s. [Eng. joint; -er.] I. Ord. Lang.: One who or that which joints. II. Technically : 1. Masonry : (1) A tool for filling the mortar cracks between courses of bricks. A pointing tool. (2) A tool for marking the mortar-joints. 2. Coopering: The stave-jointer is a large, stationary plane on which the edges of the staves are worked. The heading-jointer has a straight-edged bit. The backing, or side-jointer, otherwise called the over-shave, has a concave-edged bit, and is used for dre ing the backs of staves. The ins have has a convex-edged bit, and is used for dre ing the inner faces of staves. 3. Build .: A bent strip of iron inserted into a wall to strengthen the joint. jointer-plane, s . Coopering: 1. A plane five or six feet long, its lower end resting upon the ground, and its upper end supported upon a prop, the inclined sole being presented upward for the staves, which are jointed thereon. 2. A jointing-plane (q. v.). joint-ing, *joynt-ing, pr. par., a. & 8. [JOINT, v.] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip. adj.: (See the verb.) IMG:content-0144.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0145.png:[blocks in formation] Joint-ure, *Joynt er, s. [O. Fr. joincture (Fr. jointure), from Lat. junctura , from junctus , pa. par . of jun go =to join.] *1. Ord. Lang .: A joining, a joint. 2. Law : An estate in lands or tenements settled upon a woman in consideration of marriage, and which she is to enjoy after her husband's decease.