Joint, joynt, s

the part where two or more things join; a joining; aknot; an internode; a juncture of parts which admit of motion; ahinge; the joining oftwo| [ 391 ] JOURNAL to or more bones; an articulation, as the elbow; one of the limbs of an animal cut up by the butcher; a for fi ure dividing rock ma es into blocks [Geol.]: α. shared by two or more; united in the same profe ion or interest; united; combined; acting in conunite by joints; to cut or divide into joints and quarters;to smooth the edges of boards, so that they may fit close to each other; to fit closely. Out of joint, dislocated. Joint and several, each both independently and jointly. Joint-actions, the joining of several wrongs in one writ [Law.] Jointly, joynt'-le, Pointedly, joynt'-ed-le, ad. by joints. with another. Joint-stock Company, a company for carrying onany busine , having the stock or capital divided into reshares which are transferable by each owner, without the, consent of the other partners. inserted in each other. unity of interest, title, time, and po e ion. by joint-tenancy. smooth surfaces to be joined; tool used by masons or bricklayers at joinings. plane, a jointer. Jointing rule, a straight edge used by bricklayers for regulating the direction and course of the jointer. settled on a woman in consideration of marriage, and to be enjoyed by hereafter her husband's decease [Law]: v.a. to settle a jointure upon. the boards of a floor or the laths of a ceiling are nailed: v.a. to fit with joists (Fr. from L.jaceo, to lie). or sportive; something not serious or in earnest: v.n. to A jest;to sport: v.a. to rally; to make merry with. practical joke, a joke played on a person, sometimes to his injury or annoyance. In joke, in jest, not in earnest. (L. jocus.) or Joker, jo'-ker, s. a jester; merry fellow. merriment. expre ing mirth or inspiring it; plump, like one in high health (Fr. jol i, pretty, from Ice. jol, feast at in Yule). Jollily, jol -le-le, ad. ina jolly manner; with noisy mirth. a. Jolly-boat, jol-le-bote, s. a small boat belonging to a ship (yawl). fallings: v.a. to shake with sudden jerks, as in a carriage on rough ground: s. a shock or shake by a sudden jerk. of Jolter, jolt-er, s. he who or that which jolts. collectively; an individual of the American type of character (Jonathan Trumbull, one of Washington's chief advisers) daffodil (L. juncus, a rush). to Jorum, jo' -ram, s. a full bowl; a large drinking or earth, or the Jordan, the bottle being so called in which pilgrims brought home water from this river). paper. of Jo , jos, s. a Chinese idol. the Chinese burn before their idols (Chinese,jo a god)., hustle. See, Joust memorandum of. See Iota. actions and events, or the book containing such account; a book in which every particular article or charge is entered from the waste-book [Comm.]; a daily register of the ship's course and distance, the winds, weather, and other occurrences [Naut.]; a newspaper published daily, or otherwise; a periodical paper recording the progre of discovery, the transactions of a society, .; the bearing portion of the shaft in machinery [Mech.] (Fr. from L. diurnal is.) See Diurnal.