joint tenant

Law: One who holds an estate by joint-tenancy. joint-wire, s. Watchmaking: The tubular wire, sections of which form the joints of watch-cases, lockets, .; a piece is hard soldered to each leaf, and a solid wire runs through to form the pintle. It is drawn upon a piece of steel wire, one end being tapered off with a file, so that the tube and wire are grasped together by the dogs and drawn after the manner of a solid wire. bôil, boy; pout, jowl; cat, çell, chorus, *joint-worm, s. Zool.: The tape-worm (q. v.). chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; IMG:content-0142.png:[blocks in formation] "Jointing their force 'gainst Cæsar." Shakesp.: Antony and Cleopatra , i. 2. 4. To divide or cut into joints or pieces; to separate the joints of. "About cutting it up, quartering, jointing , seething, and roasting, he spent a greater part of the night."P. Holland: Plutarch , p. 614. II. Carp. & Join.: To plane and prepare the edges of timbers. B. In trans.: To unite or coalesce as by joints or parts fitting into each other.