jointn.1
/dʒɔɪnt/, U.S. /dʒɔɪnt/ I. The place or part at which two things or parts are joined or fitted together; a junction.† 6. A connecting point of time. Obsolete. rare.
1. An arrangement, structure, or mechanism in an animal body, whereby two bones (or corresponding parts of an invertebrate animal) are fitted together, either rigidly, or (esp.) so as to move upon one another; an articulation.
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > joint > [noun]
lithc1000
jointc1290
jointure1382
conjunctionc1400
article?a1425
juncture?a1500
linka1547
articulation1578
flexion1607
coarticulation1615
de-articulation1615
syntax1615
internodium1653
saddle joint1867
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > [noun] > part
jointc1290
foldingc1400
the world > animals > animal body > general parts > constituent materials > [noun] > joint
jointc1290
spauld?a1513
ply1575
c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 186/42 Euerech Ioynt and senue.
1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) Dan. x. 16 My ioynctis ben vnknit.
c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 19 In bringyng to her placis ioyntis þat ben oute.
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxiii. 296 It will breke ilk ionte in hym!
a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 227 Tho men whych haue the neke wel dystyncted by his yontes.
1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Cj There be some men which thincke that Elephantes haue no ioyntes in theyr legges.
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 50 A cold sweat saltish through my ioynctes fiercely dyd enter.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iii. iii. 74 Howe dare thy ioynts forget To pay their awefull duety to our presence? View more context for this quotation
1597 Pilgrimage Parnassus i. 62 Whose yonts youe see are dryde, benumd and coulde.
1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 299 For avoiding the Gout, and other pains of the Joynts.
1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture III. 34/1 The Joynt of the Wrist.
1873 St. G. Mivart Lessons Elem. Anat. ii. 23 The contiguous surfaces of such movable bones form the joints.
2. out of joint.
a. literal. Said of a bone displaced from its articulation with another; dislocated; also of the part or member affected.to put any one's nose out of joint: see nose n. Phrases 2b.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders of joints > [adjective] > dislocated
out of joint1393
dislocatec1400
unjoint?1541
unjointed1561
luxate1597
dislocated1605
luxated1634
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. x. 215 He..is lame, oþer his leg out of ioynte.
c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 62 Whanne..þe boon..is to-broke atwo and dislocate—þat is to seie out of ioynte.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms xxi[i.] 14 All my bones are out of ioynt.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. iv. sig. Q2v Had her shoulder put out of ioinct.
1652 N. Culpeper Eng. Physitian Enlarged 3 It helpeth to strengthen the members that be out of joynt.
1712 J. Arbuthnot John Bull Still in Senses x. 45 He had like to have shook his Shoulder out of Joint.
b. figurative. Disordered, perverted, out of order, disorganized. (Said of things, conditions, etc.; formerly also of persons in relation to conduct.)
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > in disorder [phrase]
at or on six and sevenOE
out of kinda1375
out of rulea1387
out of tonea1400
out of joint1415
out of nockc1520
out of tracea1529
out of order1530
out of tune1535
out of square1555
out of kilter1582
off the hinges?1608
out of (the) hinges?1608
in, out of gear1814
out of gearing1833
off the rails1848
on the bumc1870
1415 T. Hoccleve To Sir J. Oldcastle 200 Thow haast been out of ioynt al to longe.
a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 44/1 Thei mighte paraduenture brynge the matter so farre oute of ioynt, that it shold neuer be brought in frame agayne.
1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. v. 189 The time is out of ioynt, O cursed spite, That euer I was borne to set it right.
1842 Ld. Tennyson Locksley Hall in Poems (new ed.) II. 105 All things here are out of joint.
1871 J. R. Lowell Pope in Prose Wks. (1890) IV. 18 The loyalty of everybody both in politics and in religion had been put out of joint.
3. A part of the stem of a plant from which a leaf or branch grows (esp. when thickened, as in grasses, so as to resemble a knee- or elbow-joint); a node.
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the world > plants > part of plant > stem or stalk > [noun] > joint or node
joint?1523
knuckle1626
internodium1653
genicle1657
articulation1658
geniculationa1776
nodus1832
node1835
?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xlv Se that it haue a good knotte or ioynt, and an euyn.
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Ioynt of a cane, rede, strawe, or suche lyke, geniculum, nodus.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 84/2 The knot or joynt from whence a years growth proceeds.
1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 105 Its Leafs are small, and come out at its Joints.
1863 F. A. Kemble Jrnl. Resid. Georgian Plantation 87 From each of the notches or joints of the recumbent cane.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 516/2 G[aleopsis] Tetrahit..is well marked by its hispid stem, which is singularly swollen beneath the joints.
4.
a. That wherein or whereby two component members or elements of an artificial structure or mechanism are joined or fitted together, either so as to be rigidly fixed (as e.g. bricks, stones, pieces of timber, rails, lengths of pipe, etc.), or so that one can move upon the other while still remaining connected with it (as in a hinge, pivot, swivel). universal joint, a contrivance by which one of two connected parts of a machine is made capable of moving freely in any direction with respect to the other.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [noun] > that wherein or whereby things are joined
juncturea1382
joiningc1384
gemew?a1400
joint14..
spondyle1650
piecing1688
society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > specific parts built or constructed > [noun] > joint
joint1550
society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > parts which provide power > [noun] > transmitters
carrier1733
pitman1813
driver1819
friction-cone1842
universal joint1856
cardan joint1868
reach rodc1871
Hooke coupling1883
friction-disc1888
impeller1890
transmission-gear1894
transmission1906
fluid flywheel1930
Hooke's joint1930
torque converter1934
fluid coupling1940
UJ1970
14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 590/46 Junctura, a Juynt.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 264/2 Ioynte, or knytty[n]ge to-gedur, what so they be, compago.
a1450 St. Etheldreda (Faust.) 718 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd Ser. 298 Þat ston was well ygraue euery geyntte.
1550 Churchwardens' Accts. St. Michael, Cornhill For new joynts and ij cramps to Mr. Machyns pewe dore.
1589 ‘Pasquill of England’ Returne of Pasquill sig. Bij The ioyntes of that house begin to gape.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 876 Stones..so cunningly layed that one could not see the ioints.
1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 51 Let Care be taken that Bricks be not laid Joynt on Joynt.
1832 D. Brewster Lett. Nat. Magic xi. 275 The part..to which the quadrants are attached, moves on a joint.
1856 S. C. Brees Terms & Rules Archit. 463 The universal joint is of great use for conveying angular motion when it can be applied in couplings.
1884 W. C. Smith Kildrostan i. iii. 174 There is no armour but it has its joints, And where the joints are there the arrow sticks.
1893 Law Times 95 62/2 The joints of the pipes were not properly cemented.
b. to break joint: see break v. 31. †breaking joint, an arrangement of bricks, stones, timbers, etc. in which the joints are not continuous (obsolete).
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > disposition of stones or bricks > [noun] > arrangement with discontinuous joints
breaking joint1663
society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > [noun] > wooden structures or wooden parts of > means of fitting together > types of joint
indenting1382
scarf1497
swallowtail1548
dovetail1565
mortise-piece1577
tenon and mortise1610
culver-tail1616
mortise and tenon1631
finger joint1657
breaking joint1663
meeting1663
mitre1665
scarfing1671
heading joint1773
dovetail-joint1776
butting joint1803
bevel-joint1823
lap-joint1823
lapped mitre1825
mitre dovetail1847
bridle joint1860
mortise1875
sypher-joint1875
keyed mitre1876
tongue-and-groove1882
saddle joint1948
1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 44 That the Bording be with breaking Joynts.
1856 F. L. Olmsted Journey Slave States 666 Planting is done by laying the cuttings..three always together, with the eyes of each a little removed from those of the others—that is, all ‘breaking joints’.
c. Bookbinding. The flexible cloth or leather which forms the junction between the spine and the sides of the binding of a book; also the projection along the edge of this junction.
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society > communication > book > parts of book > [noun] > cover > parts of cover
lettering piece1783
joint1835
square1835
turn-in1873
tuck1880
doublure1886
paste-down1888
tuck-cover1893
pocket1900
1835 ‘J. A. Arnett’ Bibliopegia 104 The volume being laid upon the table or press, with the head towards the workman and the upper board open, the guard or false end paper must be removed and all other substances cleared out of the joint with the folder.
1861 Chambers's Encycl. II. 226/2 Coming to his hands flat and solid, and with its joints well formed.
1894 Amer. Dict. Printing & Bookmaking 313/2 Joints, the projection formed in backing to admit the millboards. The leather or cloth placed from the projection to the millboard is called a joint.
1901 D. Cockerell Bookbinding xii. 165 Ensure that there is enough leather in the turn-in of the joint to allow the cover to open freely.
1904 G. F. Goodchild & C. F. Tweney Technol. & Sci. Dict. 327/1 In whole-bound books the joints are generally formed of the same material (pared down) as the cover.
1951 L. Town Bookbinding by Hand xvi. 203 If a slight amount of moisture is still present the leather will bed itself very neatly into position in the joint.
1967 V. Strauss Printing Industry x. 673/2 Backing does not give the book a new back but provides the joints of the back.
5. Geology. A crack or fissure intersecting a mass of rock; usually occurring in sets of parallel planes, dividing the mass into more or less regular blocks.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > discontinuity or unconformity > [noun] > joint
joint1601
junka1705
bed-joint1747
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 611 The Bactrian Emerauds..be in chinks and ioints (as it were) of rocks in the sea.
1768 A. Catcott Treat. Deluge (ed. 2) iii. 306 The tops of rocks and summits of the highest mountains are sometimes divided by joints into separate pieces.
1833 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. Gloss. s.v. The partings which divide columnar basalt into prisms are joints.
1882 A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. iv. ii. 501 All rocks are traversed more or less distinctly by vertical, or highly inclined planes termed Joints.
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the world > time > [noun] > connecting point of time
jointa1638
a1638 J. Mede Wks. (1672) 585 To shew the connexion of that vision of the book with the joynt which begins the seventh Trumpet.
a1680 T. Goodwin in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1874) IV. Ps. cii. 24 I note these several joints of time, because the Scripture notes them.
II. One of the parts or sections by the longitudinal union of which a body is made up.† 9. gen. A portion, ‘article’, item. Obsolete. rare.
7. A portion of an animal or plant body connected with another portion by a joint or articulation (see 1 – 3); esp. such a portion or section of a limb, or of the stem of a plant, an internode.
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the world > plants > part of plant > stem or stalk > [noun] > internode
joint1377
internode1659
internodium1664
articulation1765
merithal1849
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xvii. 175 Þe paume hath powere to put oute alle þe ioyntes, And to vnfolde þe folden fuste.
c1420 Pallad. on Husb. v. 162 Kitte out a ioynt of reed, and in the side Therof let make an hole.
a1450 St. Etheldreda (Faust.) 880 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd Ser. 302 Þat ston was y-shape as mete for hurre body..Þat no geynte of hurre body lay þerinne amys.
1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iv. vii. 116 I haue with exact view perusde thee Hector, & quoted ioynt by ioint [1623 ioynt] . View more context for this quotation
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 7 Of seven smooth joints a mellow Pipe I have.
1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. II. 303 Antennæ short, of nine joints.
1869 T. H. Huxley Lessons Elem. Physiol. (ed. 3) i. 7 The several joints of the fingers and toes have the common denomination of phalanges.
8. spec. One of the portions into which a carcass is divided by the butcher, consisting of one or more bones (e.g. that of the leg or shoulder) with the meat thereon; esp. as cooked and served at table.
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the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > part or joint of animal > [noun]
spauld?a1513
joint1576
lift1688
primal1972
1576 G. Gascoigne Hundred Flowers in Wks. (1587) 40 An olde frutedish is bigge ynough to hold a ioynte of meate.
1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. G There being one ioynt of flesh on the table.
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 115 They serve small peeces of flesh (not whole joints as with us).
1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iii. ii. 26 The Joynts that were served to his Majesties Table.
1883 W. M. Williams in Knowledge 11 May 274 A single wing rib, or other joint of three to five pounds weight.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > one of the parts into which anything is divided > of a subject or action
joint1303
particularity1528
article1577
particular1601
detail1786
1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 5093 Y rede we þanke hym of euery poynt, Syn we may nat forbere þe lest Ioynt.
III. Something constructed with a joint or joints.† 10. Apparently: a snuff-box (with a hinged lid). Obsolete.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > snuff > [noun] > snuff-box
milla1689
snuff-box1688
snuff-milla1689
joint1701
sneezer1725
mull?1762
snuff-mull1808
tabatière1823
taddy-box1907
1701 C. Cibber Love makes Man iii. 30 Sir, I have lost my Snuff-box... I'll go to Paris, split me..They make the best Joynts in Europe there.
11.
a. Betting slang. An outside bookmaker's paraphernalia of list-frame, umbrella, etc., some of which are joined together in movable pieces.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > book-maker's equipment
joint1899
1899 Daily News 15 Mar. 5/5 It was positively ridiculous to see the police knocking down bookmakers' ‘joints’ every time the inspector came round, and looking passively on all the rest of the time.
b. flat joint, set joint, strong joint: see the adjectives.
IV. A joining together; a place where this happens, and related uses.† 12. = jointure n. 4. Obsolete.† 13. A coming together, meeting; the action of joining battle; attack, onset. Obsolete.
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society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > [noun] > joint tenure > by husband and wife > settled by husband on wife
jointure1451
jointa1513
a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. xvii. sig. g.i Whiche place was gyuen, to her Ioynt and dowry By Tombert her husbande.
a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. xvii. sig. g.ii Whiche (as afore is sayd) was her Ioynt and dowry.
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society > armed hostility > armed encounter > [noun] > battle or a battle > onslaught of battle
forcea1400
joint?c1550
?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Three Bks. Eng. Hist. (1844) 68 At the first ioncte [L. in primo congressu] many fell on both sides.
14.
a. slang or colloquial (chiefly U.S.). A partnership or union, or a place of meeting or resort, esp. of persons engaged in some illicit occupation; spec. (in America) a place illegally kept (usually by Chinese) for opium-smoking, an opium-den; also applied to illicit drinking-saloons. More generally, a place; a house.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > place of resort > [noun]
to-draughta1400
repair1423
repairing1487
resorting place1525
common house1537
resort1565
place (also house) of repairc1595
purlieu1611
howff1711
crib1819
joint1821
hang-out1852
costa1964
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > place of resort > [noun] > of low classes or criminals
flash-house1816
joint1821
gutterc1846
the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking place > [noun] > tavern or public house > illegal drinking-house
shebeenc1787
joint1821
kiddleywink1830
blind tiger1857
shanty1862
dive1871
blind-pig1887
speakeasy1889
shebeen1900
booze can1905
speak1930
speako1931
nip joint1936
society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > [noun] > partnership > a partnership
copartnership1726
copartnery1733
joint1885
1821 Real Life in Ireland xvii. 199 I had my education at the boarding-school of Phelim Firebrass..; and when I slipt the joint, and fang'd the arm, he strengthened the sinews.
1877 Sessions Papers Cent. Criminal Court 25 Oct. 631 The joints—that means the offices where the swindle was carried on—that is a cant word.
1880 Weekly Times 4 Jan. 8/3 They soon found him a ‘joint’ to do... Doing a ‘joint’ means effecting a burglarious entrance.
1883 Harper's Mag. Nov. 945/1 I have..smoked opium in every joint in America.
1885 Homilet. Rev. Aug. 179 A few months since the police made a raid on a ‘joint’ at No. 44 Clinton Place, and found seven men there smoking the drug.
1885 Daily Tel. 18 Aug. 3/2 (Farmer) This class of thieves, when they agree on a partnership or joint, as the slang phrase is, work one for the other as they best can.
1887 Lippincott's Monthly Mag. (U.S.) Aug. 290 The student, upon reaching his ‘joint’, as the club is called, hurriedly bolts a few mouthfuls of breakfast and swallows a cup of coffee.
1899 Rowntree & Sherwell Temperance Problems iii. 197 There were from sixty to eighty ‘joints’ (i.e. illicit liquor places) in the city.
1904 Sun (N.Y.) 6 Mar. 7/4 Of course, there are no saloons in Kansas; no one would dream of calling them by that name. They are all ‘joints’, whether the drinks are passed over a polished counter by a white aproned attendant, or shoved through a hole in the wall by a dirty fist.
1905 ‘H. McHugh’ You can search Me 20 I took Clara J. to the St. Regis to dinner... It's a swell joint, all right.
1912 Maclean's Sept. 69/2 Mr. Kelley, to whom few streets were unfamiliar, knew the place exteriorly as a ‘Dago joint’.
a1922 T. S. Eliot Waste Land Drafts (1971) 59 line 50 So the men..thought Of home, and dollars, and the pleasant violin At Marm Brown's joint, and the girls and gin.
1925 H. L. Foster Trop. Tramp with Tourists 32 Been to Havana? Good Lord! I've been to that damned joint with Cook, Clarke, Frank, Raymond-Whitcomb, and the American Express.
1934 P. G. Wodehouse Right ho, Jeeves xiv. 167 Hanging out in a joint called Kingham Manor.
1935 A. Squire Sing Sing Doctor v. 73 In cities the market for brothels, gambling joints, & narcotic dens is better.
1946 F. Sargeson That Summer 55 I found a joint that was kept by a Mrs. Clegg.
1953 G. Lamming In Castle of my Skin xiv. 282 I see one or two things change round this joint... I mean the village.
1959 ‘A. Gilbert’ Death takes Wife xv. 198 Put down money for a joint you didn't frisk in advance.
1959 ‘M. M. Kaye’ House of Shade iii. 31 He turns the joint upside down until he finds it.
1974 Listener 13 June 766/2 A rather pokey, smokey little jazz joint in San Francisco.
b. Fairground slang. A stall, tent, etc., in a circus or fair; a concession stand. Originally U.S.
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society > trade and finance > trading place > stall or booth > [noun]
shopOE
boothc1175
cheaping-boothc1175
stall1377
standinga1387
crame1477
bower1506
stand1551
loge1749
market stall1827
kiosk1865
joint1927
1927 Amer. Speech June 414 A carnival concession is known as a joint or store.
1931 Amer. Mercury Nov. 353/1 Joint, any concession stand, or novelty spindle.
1934 P. Allingham Cheapjack ii. 16 ‘You can build up yonder... Where's your joint?’..It took some time to discover that by a ‘joint’ he meant my tent.
1968 D. Braithwaite Fairground Archit. 22 The tober is a composite of many elements—roundabouts, booths, joints, and transport vehicles.
1968 D. Braithwaite Fairground Archit. 68 Joints fall into roughly three categories—round ones, generically termed hoop~las, side-stuff,..and casual stalls for vending.
c. A marijuana cigarette; also, hypodermic equipment used by drug addicts.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > [noun] > equipment for taking drugs
outfit1881
cooker1905
quill1916
spike1934
work1934
joint1935
rig1935
the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > an intoxicating drug > [noun] > a) narcotic drug(s) > marijuana or cannabis > cigarette
weed1917
stick1918
spliff1929
weed1929
reefer1931
joint1935
muggler1935
ju-ju1940
mezzroll1944
panatela1946
bomber1952
charge1957
bomb1960
number1963
doobie1967
smoke1967
cheeba1971
Thai stick1976
blunt1988
bifter1989
1935 A. J. Pollock Underworld Speaks 65/1 Joint, a complete hypodermic outfit consisting of syringe and needles (ointjay).
1938 Amer. Speech 13 186/1 Joint. The hollow needle, or a substitute... The hypodermic outfit including all accessories... The opium smoker's outfit complete.
1952 G. Mandel Flee Angry Strangers 171 You got a couple of joints to take along?.. I know I'll want to get on. Take some pod, Dinch.
1967 M. M. Glatt et al. Drug Scene in Great Brit. i. 5 In Britain, cannabis is..almost always smoked in the form of a cigarette which is referred to as a smoke, joint or reefer.
1970 Times 28 Apr. 10/8 (caption) Please fasten your seat belts and extinguish your joints.
1971 Black Scholar Sept. 33/1 When the shower stopped he lit two joints and went to the bathroom.
1972 Daily Tel. 3 Apr. 8 The making of the joint seemed to be as much a part of the ritual as smoking it.
d. Prison. U.S. slang.
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society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun]
quarternOE
prisona1200
jailc1275
lodgec1290
galleya1300
chartrea1325
ward1338
keepingc1384
prison-house1419
lying-house1423
javel1483
tollbooth1488
kidcotec1515
clinkc1530
warding-place1571
the hangman's budget1589
Newgate1592
gehenna1594
Lob's pound1597
caperdewsie1599
footman's inn1604
cappadochio1607
pena1640
marshalsea1652
log-house1662
bastille1663
naskin1673
state prison1684
tronk1693
stone-doublet1694
iron or stone doublet1698
college1699
nask1699
quod1699
shop1699
black hole1707
start1735
coop1785
blockhouse1796
stone jug1796
calaboose1797
factory1806
bull-pen1809
steel1811
jigger1812
jug1815
kitty1825
rock pile1830
bughouse1842
zindan1844
model1845
black house1846
tench1850
mill1851
stir1851
hoppet1855
booby hatch1859
caboose1865
cooler1872
skookum house1873
chokey1874
gib1877
nick1882
choker1884
logs1888
booby house1894
big house1905
hoosegow1911
can1912
detention camp1916
pokey1919
slammer1952
joint1953
slam1960
1953 W. S. Burroughs Junkie xii. 123 He said even the best thieves spend most of their time in the joint.
1969 C. F. Burke God is Beautiful, Man (1970) 27 She made things so rotten for him that the king threw him in the joint.
1972 J. Wambaugh Blue Knight (1973) i. 28 He was a no-good asshole and belonged in the joint.
Compounds
C1. General attributive. See also joint-ache n., joint-grass n., etc.
a. (In sense 1.)
joint-adhesion n.
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1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 381 The forcible breaking up of joint-adhesions.
joint-disease n.
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1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 73 Neural arthritis comprises all joint diseases which are the sequel of central or peripheral nerve-lesions.
joint-like adj.
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a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Wilts. 145 The joint-like knots..will fat swine.
joint-pain n.
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1653 R. Saunders Physiognomie Pref. sig. B Foot-gout, knee-gout, and all joint-pains whatsoever.
1710 T. Fuller Pharmacopœia Extemporanea 433 Water of Millepedes..is useful..in scorbutic Joint-pains.
joint-racking adj.
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1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 488 Dropsies, and Asthma's, and Joint-racking Rheums. View more context for this quotation
1708 J. Philips Cyder ii. 77 Joint-racking Gout..and pining Atrophy.
joint-stiffening n.
b. (In sense 4.)
joint-collar n.
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1680 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. xi. 201 The Joynt-Coller is made of two Iron Cheeks..moving upon a Joynt.
joint-end n.
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1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. ii. 19 Put the Joynt end of the Hinge into the fire.
joint-maker n.
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1725 London Gaz. No. 6380/12 James Low,..Jointmaker.
joint-making v.
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1900 Daily News 25 Aug. 5/1 The old system of joint-making by ‘junction pieces’ or splicing and soldering, has also been abandoned.
joint-pin n.
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1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 74 The joint-pins must either have nuts and screws, or other proper fastenings, to keep them in their several places.
1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 74 To drill both the arm frames..and the circle..together, that the joint pin-holes in all three may correspond exactly with each other, and particularly from the centre of each.
joint-splice n.
joint-strip n.
joint-test n.
c. (In sense 5.)
joint-face n.
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1912 Jrnl. Geol. (Chicago) 20 76 The cliff face is in many parts composed of projecting and re-entrant angles formed by the joint faces of large area meeting in obtuse angles.
1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 11 June 466/2 A block of which the bounding joint-faces slope downwards and towards each other will be squeezed upwards.
1961 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 259 502 The convergence of plumose and radial structures toward the center of the joint face strongly suggests that joints are fractures initiated at a point.
joint-filling n.
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1916 F. H. Lahee Field Geol. viii. 223 By their shape and relations to the surface of unconformity, these joint fillings may indicate something of the original character and arrangement of the fractures in which they were formed.
1965 G. J. Williams Econ. Geol. N.Z. xiv. 230/1 Soft white veinlets and joint-fillings of crystalline laumontite are abundant in greywackes throughout New Zealand.
joint-surface n.
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1943 Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. 53 396 On most of the more planar joint surfaces featherlike or flamelike markings..are found.
1961 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 259 493 Freshly exposed joint surfaces commonly are marked with faint ridges that form plume-like or radial patterns.
1973 E. E. Wahlstrom Tunneling in Rock v. 102 Joint surfaces that are smooth..commonly display slickensides and contain crushed materials.
C2. † joint-sick adj. Obsolete diseased in the joints.† joint-sickness n. Obsolete disease of the joints; gout.† joint-sponge n. Obsolete a morbid spongy concretion in the joints (obsolete).
joint-bedded adj. Masonry of a stone: placed so that its natural bed (or horizontal surface) forms a vertical joint of the work; distinguished from face-bedded, in which the horizontal surface is made to form the face of the work.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > disposition of stones or bricks > [adjective] > specific dispositions
herringbone1700
random1703
brick-on-edge1750
Cyclopean1822
uncoursed1825
long and short1835
inbond1842
throughband1844
isodomous1850
coursed1851
brick veneer1881
out-bond1882
joint-bedded1883
snecked1883
rat-trap bond1932
coigned-
1883 Stonemason Jan. A great advantage is gained by working all string courses, cornices, and copings ‘joint-bedded’ with the exception of quoins which should be placed on their natural bed.
joint bolt n. a bolt for holding together the two parts of a joint; spec. (see quots. a1884, 1964).
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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > bolt > types of
round bolt1582
ringbolt1599
pikebolt1622
rag bolt1625
set-bolt1627
clinch-bolta1642
eyebolt1649
clinch1659
screw-bolt1690
king bolt1740
wrain-bolt1750
wraining-bolt1769
toggle-bolt1794
strap-bolt1795
wring-bolt1815
through-bolt1821
truss-bolt1825
slip-stopper1831
stud bolt1838
anchor bolt1839
king rod1843
joint bolt1844
spade-bolt1850
shackle-bolt1852
roof bolt1853
set-stud1855
coach bolt1869
truss-rod1873
fox-bolt1874
garnish-bolt1874
fang-bolt1876
stud1878
U bolta1884
rock bolt1887
hook bolt1899
tower bolt1911
explosive bolt1948
1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 75 The top bar..swells out in the middle, where it is perforated for the joint-bolt of the lever.
a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 514/2 Joint bolt, a bolt used for fastening two timbers, one endwise to the other... Used commonly as a fastening for a bed-rail to the bed-post.
1964 J. S. Scott Dict. Building 159 Handrail bolt or joint bolt, a bolt threaded at both ends.
joint box n. a junction-box, esp. one designed to be filled with an insulating material.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > transmission of electricity, conduction > wire as conductor > [noun] > protective case
junction-box1885
joint box1901
1901 Chambers's Jrnl. Dec. 845/2 A new form of joint-box for forming connections.
1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVIII. 77/2 They are connected by bends or joint-boxes.
1907 J. F. C. Snell Distrib. Electr. Energy v. 269 Joint boxes must be used to connect lengths of cables or conductors equivalent to, or larger than 7–16 S.W.G.
1929 G. W. Stubbings Underground Cable Syst. v. 50 A cast-iron joint box must provide a compound-tight chamber for the filling compound.
1966 J. F. Whitfield Electr. Installations & Regulations vi. 120 There is some saving in cable but extra man-hours are needed for joint-box connections.
joint-chair n. Railways a chair (see chair n.1 12) supporting the rails at a joint.
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society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > track > parts and fittings of rails
string-piece1789
carriage1816
chair1816
pedestal1816
surface plate1822
web1835
frog1837
switch-bar1837
snake-head1845
fish1847
fish-joint1849
plate nail1849
fishing-key1852
fish-plate1855
joint-chair1856
rail chair1864
railhead1868
lead1871
fish-bar1872
splice-piece1875
fish-plating1881
splice-jointa1884
splice-bar1894
1856 S. C. Brees Terms & Rules Archit. 100 The chairs for receiving the ends of two rails are termed joint, or double chairs.
1889 G. Findlay Working & Managem. Eng. Railway 44 Up to the year 1847 the ends of the rails rested on joint chairs.
joint-coupling n. ‘a form of universal joint for coupling sections of shafting’ (Knight).
joint-evil n. a name of Elephantiasis nodosa.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [noun] > elephantiasis
elephantica1492
elephancy1547
elephantiasis1581
hoar-leprosya1616
joint-evil1669
cocobay1788
elephantine leprosy1843
Barbados leg1849
spargosis1867
1669 B. Wellis (title) Treatise on the Joint Evil.
1683 T. Tryon Way to Health (1697) xix. 419 Leprous Scabby Diseases, Joint-evils, and that which they call the Kings Evil.
1745 J. Mitchell in Philos. Trans. 1744–5 (Royal Soc.) 43 144 Lepra Arabum, two Species of which are called, the Yaws, and the Joint-Evil.
joint-file n. a small file of circular section, used for dressing the holes in hinge-joints.
joint-fir n. a name for plants of the family Gnetaceæ.
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1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 538/1 Gnetaceæ. (Joint Firs.)..Small trees or creeping shrubs..with jointed stems and branches.
joint-hinge n. the same as a strap-hinge.
joint-ill n. (see quot.).
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > eruptive diseases > [noun] > anthrax
anthrax1789
malignant pustule1850
splenic fever1867
wool-sorters' disease1880
joint-ill1893
1893 H. Dalziel Dis. Dogs (ed. 3) 14 Anthrax..a disease of cattle, known in the vernacular as..‘joint ill’.
joint mouse n. [translating German gelenkmaus (see quot. 1886)] Medicine a loose fragment (as of cartilage or bone) floating in the cavity of a joint; usually plural.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders of joints > [noun] > outgrowth or loose fragment
mouse1850
joint mouse1886
syndesmophyte1957
1886 H. Marsh Dis. Joints xv. 185 On account of the manner in which these bodies change their site, and slip out of reach, the Germans have suggestively called them ‘joint-mice’ (gelenk-mäuse).
1920 R. Stockman Rheumatism & Arthritis ix. 115 ‘Joint-mice’, if present, can be felt, and slip from under the fingers in a very characteristic fashion.
1952 E. F. Traut Rheumatic Dis. ix. 194 A detached portion of the internal meniscus constitutes a loose body or joint mouse.
1961 R. D. Baker Essent. Pathol. xxi. 560 (caption) Aching, weakness and locking, inability to extend left knee, began 11 years previously, following which joint mice were removed on two occasions.
joint-oil n. the secretion which lubricates the joints between the bones, synovia.
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the world > life > the body > secretory organs > secretion > synovia > [noun]
jointure-water1599
joint-water1599
sinew-water1658
synovy1684
synovia1732
joint-oil1887
1887 St. G. Mivart in Encycl. Brit. XXII. 111/1 An albuminous fluid called ‘synovia’, and commonly known as ‘joint-oil’.
joint-pipe n. a small section of gas- or steam-pipe, forming a connection between two lengths of pipe.
joint-plane n. Geology a plane in rock in which a joint exists or is liable to form; also, an exposed surface that was once such a plane.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > discontinuity or unconformity > [noun] > joint > plane
jointing-plane1854
joint-plane1855
1855 J. Phillips Man. Geol. ii. 44 The cleavage and joint planes in these beds are not parallel to the general cleavage.
1895 L. Fletcher Introd. Study Rocks 51 Joint-planes are distinct from planes of fissility in that they are planes of actual discontinuity of material.
1903 Nature 24 Dec. 189/2 The caves depend for their form on the joint-planes in the massive limestone.
1905 J. Geikie Struct. & Field Geol. x. 144 Common household coal..is divided by three sets of planes disposed at right angles to each other: namely (a) planes of bedding..and (b) and (c) joint-planes.
1944 A. Holmes Princ. Physical Geol. vi. 76 The joint pattern may also control the course of rivers, the joint planes themselves commonly forming the walls of steep-sided gorges and canyons.
1970 R. J. Small Study of Landforms iv. 122 The spectacular cliffs on the east side of the A'Chir ridge coincide with near-vertical joint-planes.
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joint-pliers n. a small kind of pliers used by watchmakers and mathematical instrument makers.
joint-rule n. a rule made of pieces jointed or hinged together so as to fold up.
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the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for measuring length > graduated strip of wood, etc.
rule1340
ruler1530
measure1555
scale1607
foot-rule1662
two-foot rule1664
joint-rule1680
inch-rule1850
inch-measure1851
stationer's rule1866
contraction-rule1874
measure-strip1887
1680 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. xi. 201 Moving upon a Joynt..as the two insides of the Joynt-Rule Carpenters use.
1692 Smith's Sea-mans Gram. (new ed.) ii. 168 I have no other Instrument but my Two Foot Joynt Rule.
joint-saw n. a saw with a curved working face, used in making the joints of compasses and the like.
joint set n. Geology a group of parallel joints.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > discontinuity or unconformity > [noun] > joint > parallel joints
joint set1931
1931 C. M. Nevin Princ. Struct. Geol. v. 144 That it [sc. tension] is the effective stress which caused the actual break has not been proven for dip and strike joint sets.
1942 Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. 53 392 The relationships of the joint sets to other structures indicates their age.
1965 P. C. Badgley Struct. & Tectonic Princ. iv. 117/1 A close relationship exists between these lineament patterns and regional joint sets.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders of joints > [adjective]
joint-sick?1605
osteoarthropathic1903
?1605 J. Davies Wittes Pilgrimage sig. Q4v How, from this Ioynt-sick Age to bite the Gowt?
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders of joints > [noun] > gout
dropc1000
podagraOE
goutc1290
podagrec1300
arthritic?a1450
podagrya1538
arthritis1543
joint-sickness1545
leaping gout1562
goutiness1632
wind-gout1662
podarthritis1846
1545 T. Elyot Bibliotheca (new ed.) Arthetica passio,..the ioynte syckenesse: the goute.
1684 T. Ghyles (title) Treatise of the Joint Sickness, or Gout.
joint-snake n. = glass-snake n. at glass n.1 Compounds 3.
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the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [noun] > family Anguidae > member of genus Ophiosaurus (glass-snake)
snakec1000
chain-snake1737
glass-snake1737
joint-snake1796
sheltopusik1841
ophiosaurian1882
ophisaur1890
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 221 The joint snake..is a great curiosity, [breaking into pieces when struck, without bleeding].
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1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid i. vi. 26 A Joint-sponge is nothing else but a moisture of the sinew-water, which groweth on and turneth hard, and settleth there.
joint system n. Geology a group of two or more intersecting joint sets.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > discontinuity or unconformity > [noun] > joint > system
joint system1929
1929 C. R. Longwell Pirsson's Textbk. Geol. (ed. 3) I. xii. 315 In many places there are two prominent sets of joints, approximately at right angles to each other and each set nearly vertical. Such a combination of two or more intersecting sets constitutes a joint system.
1952 O. D. von Engeln & Caster Geol. xiv. 191 Joint systems are commonly much more distinctively and conspicuously developed in sedimentary than in other classes of rocks.
1973 E. E. Wahlstrom Tunneling in Rock v. 99 Regional geological studies often reveal a systematic geometrical relationship between joint systems and faults and folds.
joint-vetch n. a leguminous plant of the genus Æschynomene, so called from its jointed seed pods.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > leguminous plants > [noun] > other leguminous plants
peaseOE
vetchc1400
hatchet vetch1548
mock liquorice1548
scorpion's tail1548
ax-fitch1562
ax-seed1562
axwort1562
treacle clover1562
lady's finger1575
bird's-foot1578
goat's rue1578
horseshoe1578
caterpillar1597
kidney-vetch1597
horseshoe-vetch1640
goat rue1657
kidney-fetch1671
galega1685
stanch1726
scorpion senna1731
Dolichos1753
Sophora1753
partridge pea1787
bauhinia1790
coronilla1793
swamp pea-tree1796
Mysore thorn1814
devil's shoestring1817
pencil flower1817
rattlebox1817
Canavalia1828
milk plant1830
joint-vetch1836
milk pea1843
prairie clover1857
oxytrope1858
rattleweed1864
wart-herb1864
snail-flower1866
poison pea1884
masu1900
money bush1924
Townsville stylo1970
orange bird's-foot2007
1836 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants (rev. ed.) 1284 Arthrolobium... Joint-Vetch.
1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants 156/1 Æschynomene..hispida. Sensitive Joint-Vetch.
joint-water n. synovia (= joint-oil n.); esp. a flux of this in diseases of the joints.
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the world > life > the body > secretory organs > secretion > synovia > [noun]
jointure-water1599
joint-water1599
sinew-water1658
synovy1684
synovia1732
joint-oil1887
1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 324/2 How we shoulde restrayne the fluxion of the Synnue, or Ioyntewater.
1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid ii. xiv. 102 The joynt water, that is, the humidity of joynts and sinews.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Joint Water, a term used by our farriers, for..a running of a clear ichor from the Joints, when they are either wounded or ulcerated.
joint-wire n. tubular wire, used for hinge-joints in watches, etc., a solid wire being passed through it to form the joint.
joint-wood n. = jointer n.2 3.
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Music slang (originally U.S.). A song, a recording; an album.Perhaps influenced by the earlier use of the word in the phrase a Spike Lee joint, used by the American film director Spike Lee (b. 1957) as a subtitle for his films: see quot. 1986.
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1986 Los Angeles Times 21 Aug. vi. 7/2 Lee calls his film a ‘Spike Lee joint’, but that's not a marijuana reference... Joint is ‘New York street talk for a cool place to be’.]
1991 H. Nelson & M. A. Gonzales Bring Noise 145 Pairing ‘joints that haven't been sampled yet’ with recorded breaks.
1995 Represent Apr. 33/2 I would be more than proud if any track on my joint was being..listened to 5–10 years from now.
2002 Knowledge Aug. 75/1 Featuring..rarities and brand new joints, this is a must for Punk-Rock fans.
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jointn.2
Obsolete. rare.
That which is enjoined, injunction, charge.
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society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > injunction or instruction > an injunction or instruction
charge138.
advisementa1387
instruction1410
jointc1475
injunction1526
special order1547
direction1576
encharge1595
direct1615
directing1632
directive1642
game law1820
mot d'ordre1905
c1475 Partenay 5019 In that doubte ye noght, in no maner point, Sin ye me commaunde, gree to such a ioynt.
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jointadj.
/dʒɔɪnt/, U.S. /dʒɔɪnt/ 1. Put together, joined, combined, united.† a. Construed as past participle or in predicate. Obsolete.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [adjective] > specific predicatively
joint1390
conjunct?a1475
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 253 Whan Pride is with Envie joint.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 10625 Þe witt þe vertu of hir ioynt [c1460 Laud to hir ioynt] May no mon write wiþ penne poynt.
c1400 Rom. Rose 2037 I..knelide doun with hondis joynt.
a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. Fv Next to him, And ioynt with him, Castile and Saxonie, Are welcome.
1727 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) III. 280 The Presbytery of Glasgow..are joint and unanimous for what I know.
b. as an adjective in attributive relation. Rarely of material things; usually of the actions or attributes of two or more persons, etc. spec. Of the lives of two or more persons: Continuing together in time until one lapses, contemporaneous, concurrent.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [adjective] > of actions, attributes, etc.
joint1609
conjoint1725
the world > time > relative time > simultaneity or contemporaneousness > [adjective]
altogether?c1400
concurrent1495
contemporana1500
unison1582
coincident1598
coetaneal1614
coactivea1616
contemporal1621
synchronisticalc1624
coetanean1625
coetaneous1649
coinstantanean1652
synchronical1652
simultal1654
contemporary1656
contemporaneous1659
simultaneousa1660
coevous1660
synchronal1660
coexistent1662
implicit1662
synchronous1669
coexistinga1676
synchronistic1685
coeval1714
contemporany1721
synchronizinga1727
joint1765
coinstantaneous1768
consentaneous1775
coinciding1786
conterminating1805
synchronic1833
coincidental1845
parallel1859
homochronous1876
monochronic1905
co-occurring1951
co-occurrent1954
1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida ii. ii. 192 For 'tis a cause that hath no meane dependance, Vpon our ioynt and seuerall dignities. View more context for this quotation
1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper ii. 120 By their joynt endeavours.
1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. iii. 214 They therefore settled the crown, first on king William and queen Mary..for their joint lives.
1853 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches (1873) II. i. ii. 59 Civilized by the joint influences of religion and of chivalry.
1883 Sir E. Kay in Law Times Rep. 49 261/1 During the joint lives of the trustees.
2.
a. Of a person or persons: United or sharing with another, or among themselves, in some possession, action, liability, etc.; having or doing (what is expressed by the noun) together or in common. Often hyphenated with the following noun, esp. in words of legal or technical use.
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the mind > possession > sharing > [adjective] > shared
i-menec1000
meanOE
ymonec1275
commonc1300
communicant?a1425
joint1424
communicate1561
shared1598
meta1631
intercommoneda1774
participate1850
society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > [adjective] > participating
joint1424
communicanta1500
comparticipant1582
participating1643
participative1705
1424–5 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 60 Now I declare here my laste wille, als wel to my saide feffez as to my ioint feffes.
1568 Bible (Bishops') Rom. viii. 17 Heyres of God and ioyntheyres [1611 ioynt heires] with Christe.
1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 112 Ioint-labourers with him for honor and glory.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) v. vi. 31 I..Made him ioynt-seruant with me. View more context for this quotation
1698 F. B. Free but Modest Censure 4 Joint-partners in the same Principles.
1708 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 13 Nov. (O.H.S.) II. 151 Having Two Churches, and Two Joint-Rectors.
1817 W. Selwyn Abridgem. Law Nisi Prius (ed. 4) II. 920 Joint owners of property insured for their joint use and on their own account.
1828 P. Bingham Rep. Court Common Pleas 4 70 The Plaintiff and Defendant..must..be both considered as joint tort feasers, and the present action is nothing else but an attempt by one tort feaser to recover contribution from another.
1878 F. S. Williams Midland Railway (ed. 4) 201 The directors..agreed with the G.N. and Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire lines in becoming joint-owners of the Stockport and Woodley Junction.
1886 Times 27 Jan. 4 The father and son were here being sued by the plaintiff as joint tortfeasors.
1908 J. C. Miles in E. Jenks Digest Eng. Civil Law ii. i. 337 Persons are joint tort-feasors when one aids, counsels, or joins the other in the commission of a tort.
1920 H. Crane Let. 28 Jan. (1965) 32 I am enraged at Mencken and Nathan..the joint authors.
1925 J. A. Holden Bookman's Gloss. 63 Joint author, a person who writes a book in collaboration with one or more associates.
1935 Act 25 & 26 Geo. V c. 30 §6 Any tort-feasor liable in respect of..damage may recover contribution from any other tort-feasor who is..liable in respect of the same damage, whether as a joint tort-feasor or otherwise.
1957 J. G. Fleming Law of Torts xxviii. 744 The common law..does attach some significance to the distinction between ‘joint’ and ‘several’ tortfeasors.
1967 Anglo-Amer. Catal. Rules: Brit. Text 267 Joint author, a person who collaborates with one or more associates to produce a work in which the contribution of each is not separable from that of the others.
1971 Mod. Law Rev. 34 vi. 674 The accessory after the fact has become, perhaps more appropriately, something more like the joint-tortfeasor.
b. joint family n. a type of extended family in which married children share the family home, living under the authority of the head of the family. Also attributive.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinship group > family > [noun] > extended family
joint family1876
1876 W. K. Sullivan in Encycl. Brit. V. 799/2 Beside the ‘joint and undivided family’ there was another kind of family which we might call the ‘joint family’. This was a partnership composed of three or four members of a sept whose individual wealth was not sufficient to qualify each of them to be an aire, but whose joint wealth qualified one of the co-partners as head of the joint family to be one.
1889 C. N. Starcke Primitive Family ii. ii. 139 Polyandry belongs to the category of facts which have to do with the ordinary family communism, and especially with the joint family group.
1937 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 67 137 Members of the owner's joint-family and lineage.
1953 J. H. Weakland in Mead & Métraux Study of Culture at Distance x. v. 423 Dissent among the brothers of a Chinese joint family is concealed from the public.
1957 Encycl. Brit. XII. 235/2 The striking feature of Hindu society and Hindu law is the joint family. It is the form, no doubt, in which the Aryan patriarchal family has survived.
1968 G. D. Mitchell Dict. Sociol. 77 Extended family is sometimes used not merely to include but as a synonym for joint family. It is more useful to restrict this last term to a form of family which has a number of distinctive characteristics: co-residence, commensality and often some common family cult.
1971 Illustr. Weekly India 11 Apr. 23/2 (caption) The house was full of Tagore relatives who all lived together as a traditional Bengali joint-family.
3.
a. Of a thing, action, etc. (in singular): Held, done, made, etc. by two or more persons, parties, or things, in conjunction; of or belonging to more than one at once; common to two or more. joint account: a transaction or speculation entered into by two parties not otherwise in partnership. joint committee: one composed of members nominated by two or more distinct bodies, such as the Houses of Lords and Commons, in order to arrange the terms of joint action, adjust differences, etc.
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society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > [adjective] > participating > requiring or involving participation
joint1424
joined patent1552
communicative1617
participational1943
1424–5 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 60 Diuers men haf ioint astate whit me in diuerce of my purchace be wey of truste.
1503–4 Act 19 Hen. VII c. 25 Preamble As if the seid persones..had a iont astate..wt the seid suruiuours.
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. v. 64 By the ioyntworking of the Understanding and Will together.
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 v. ii. 55 A ioynt burden layd vpon vs all. View more context for this quotation
1634 W. Tirwhyt tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Lett. 69 You remember..what our ioynt opinion hath beene.
1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 345 The joint Advantage both of the Emperor and his Subjects.
1762 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting II. ii. 68 In one corner Henry VII. and Ferdinand are conferring amicably on a joint throne.
1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. 183 The remaining grand incident of joint-estates, viz. the doctrine of survivorship.
1778 N.Y. Laws 27 Mar. The joint Committee..[shall] canvas and estimate the votes.
1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey III. v. vi. 123 Shall I throw down a couple of Napoleons on joint account.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xxi. 553 It was determined that a joint committee of the two Houses should be appointed.
1869 Bradshaw's Railway Man. 21 80 The companies should enter into a joint purse agreement with the Irish North Western.
1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest IV. xviii. 250 All hopes of joint action were at an end.
1884 N.E.D. at Account sb. 2 Joint account.
1886 G. C. Brodrick Hist. Univ. Oxf. xviii. 213 A vote of censure on Dr. Hampden..was defeated in Convocation by the Proctors' joint-veto.
1909 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Joint sitting.
1936 T. S. Eliot Coll. Poems 138 The fletchers and javelin-makers and smiths Have appointed a joint committee to protest against the reduction of orders.
1937 Discovery May 139/1 The formal invitation of the Indian Science Congress Association for the British Association to send a party to hold a joint session in India.
1942 N. Balchin Darkness falls from Air x. 184 You'll want some money... Use the joint account.
1951 M. Greenberg Brit. Trade & Opening of China iii. 48 Beale and Magniac chartered the Anna Felix..to take a cargo of Indian raw cotton to Amoy on joint account with a Chinchew merchant living at Canton.
1952 H. Nicolson King George V ix. 132 It was agreed..that if..an irreconcilable conflict arose between the House of Commons and the House of Lords, the matter should be settled by a Joint Sitting of both Houses.
1964 W. Duff Indian Hist. Brit. Columbia I. 73 Of great and growing importance in recent years has been the development of ‘joint’ or ‘integrated’ schools.
1965 H. I. Ansoff Corporate Strategy ii. 16 Joint-venture opportunities.
1966 Rep. Comm. Inq. (Univ. of Oxf.) I. 83 A statutory ‘joint’ committee of Council, the General Board, and the Council of the Colleges.
1966 T. Lupton Managem. & Social Sci. iii. 63 The term Joint Consultation is usually used to describe the formal machinery through which the managers and the workers in a firm..discuss their common problems.
1972 P. G. Wodehouse Pearls, Girls, & Monty Bodkin iv. 50 He and his wife have a joint account, and he can't draw a cheque without her approval.
1973 Oxf. Univ. Gaz. 16 May 866/1 A universal system of joint appointments is in my view unnecessary.
b. joint denial n. the negation of each of two or more stated propositions; ‘neither..nor..’.
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > [noun] > condition of being affirmative or negative > a negative proposition > negation of propositions
joint denial1940
1940 W. V. Quine Math. Logic i. 45 A joint denial, e.g. ‘Neither is Jones away nor is Smith ill’,..is true just in case its components are both false.
1940 W. V. Quine Math. Logic i. 49 The definability of denial, conjunction, and alternation in terms of joint denial was first pointed out by Sheffer in 1913.
1954 I. M. Copi Symbolic Logic viii. 256 The other operator which suffices for a functionally complete logic is that of ‘joint denial’.
1960 S. Körner Philos. of Math. ii. 40 All truth functions..can be introduced by definition if we start either (a) with the single notion of alternative denial.., or else (b) with the single notion of joint denial.
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the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > continuity or uninterruptedness > [adjective]
continualc1340
jointc1400
directa1513
unbroken1561
successive1586
continuate1601
uninterrupted1602
unintermitted1611
continued1628
concrete1651
constant1653
uninterrupted1657
unintermitting1661
solid1662
continuous1751
uninterrupt1776
unbroke1793
unintermittent1850
unbreathing1893
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > state of being composite > [adjective]
compoundc1400
jointc1400
pieced1419
mixed?a1425
complexionatec1430
partyc1500
concrete1536
compost?1541
united1567
composed1570
compounded1570
integral1588
compositive1601
integrate1601
complicate1638
complexa1652
complicated1667
composite1678
co-unala1711
conglomerate1835
polylithic1961
c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 355 On to þrenge þer-þurȝe [Niniue] watz þre dayes dede. Þat on Iournay ful Ioynt Ionas hym ȝede Er euer he warpped any worde.
c1429 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) II. 445 It' pro lj ped' de joyntable vjs iiijd ob.
a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xliii. l. 480 Al Ioint & Clos In Al manere tyme As was the Rose.
a1711 T. Ken Edmund in Wks. (1721) II. xi. 301 O're the Stone Bridge, cross the Joint-Current laid.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [adjective] > jointed
jointed1413
articulated1571
gimmaled1596
articulate1610
huckled1614
well-articulated1663
joint1685
vertebrated1840
1685 London Gaz. No. 2054/4 Lost..a Joynt Cane, wrought with a Gold Head on it.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [adverb] > together > jointly
jointly1340
joint1424
junctly1488
conjunctly1514
mixedly1547
conjoinedly?a1560
conjointly1615
conjunctively1643
adjoinedly1721
1424–5 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 61 Als wel þo þat stande enfeffed by me, as þo þat ben ioint feffed with me.
a1691 R. Boyle Gen. Hist. Air (1692) xiii. 67 Our so much joint-esteemed friend Mr. Mercator.
Compounds
joint-awned adj. having a jointed awn.
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1787 E. Darwin et al. tr. C. Linnaeus et al. Families of Plants I. 348 Seeds numerous..joint-awn'd with a long style.
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jointv.
/dʒɔɪnt/, U.S. /dʒɔɪnt/ 1. transitive. To connect by a joint or joints; to fasten, fit together, unite.
a. literal material things.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > build or provide with specific parts [verb (transitive)] > join
joint1793
a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) v. v. 236 Branches, which being dead many yeares, shall after reuiue, bee ioynted to the old Stocke, and freshly grow. View more context for this quotation
1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 210 The Fingers are strengthened with several Bones, jointed together for motion.
1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) 193 The manner of jointing the five courses of stone.
1889 R. S. S. Baden-Powell Pigsticking 94 Those which are jointed and soldered together.
b. figurative (usually with direct allusion to the literal sense).
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > join (together) [verb (transitive)] > furnish with joints > connect with joints
joint1547
articulate1615
inarticulate1713
vertebrate1891
1547 Certain Serm. or Homilies sig. S.iij We cannot be ioynted to Christ our head, except we be glued with concord & charitie, one to another.
a1635 T. Randolph Muses Looking-glasse iii. ii. 45 in Poems (1638) He with the peggs of amity and concord..Ioynts 'em together.
1673 W. Temple Observ. United Provinces v. 178 They seem to be a sound Piece of the State, and fast jointed in with the rest.
c. To fill up the joints of stone, brickwork, etc. with mortar or the like; to point; to represent with (imitation) joints (quot. 1823).
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or constructing with brick > work with bricks [verb (transitive)] > point brickwork with mortar
joint1700
tuck1803
tuck-point1902
1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 11 They joint the long Joints, and also the Cross Joints.
1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §209 They joint the paving with mortar.
1823 J. Rutter Delineations of Fonthill 9 The walls and ceiling have been jointed to represent stone.
1897 Daily News 4 Sept. 6/1 They threw us a lot of red-lead, and each man carried a large piece..ready to joint into any leak or crack he came across.
d. Carpentry, etc. To prepare (a board, stave, etc.) for being joined to another, by planing its edge with a jointer (see jointer n.2 1).
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > build or construct with wood [verb (transitive)] > other processes
makec1450
rough-hew1530
rip1532
stick1573
list1635
frame1663
fur1679
beard1711
cord1762
butt1771
drill1785
joint1815
rend1825
broach1846
ross1853
flitch1875
bore1887
stress-grade1955
1815 Niles' Reg. 9 36/1 The power is given by one or two horses, which with a man and a boy can dress and joint..the staves necessary for one hundred barrels.
1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Joint, 1..To prepare so as to fit closely; to fit together;..as to joint boards.
1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1217/2 To joint is to plane straight the edges of boards.
1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1218/1 Jointer-plane (Coopering), The inclined sole being presented upward for the staves, which are jointed thereon.
2. intransitive for reflexive. To fit exactly into each other as in the joints of masonry, etc.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > disposition of stones or bricks > of stones or bricks: lie [verb (intransitive)] > of joints: fit exactly
joint1695
1695 W. Temple Introd. Hist. Eng. 38 A small round Tower built of Stone..so exactly Cut, as every one to Joynt into another.
1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture I. 55/1 Bricks lying sideways, with their heads joynting into each other..as a Man locks his right hand fingers into his left.
3. † b. figurative. To ‘cut off’ from or deprive of something. Obsolete.
a. transitive. To divide (a body or member) at a joint or into joints; to dismember, disjoint.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or breaking up into constituent parts > separate into constituents [verb (transitive)] > take apart
to-lithec1000
unjoinc1400
joint1530
unpart1536
disjoin1579
disjoint1587
untruss?1605
untack1641
ravela1658
disartuate1660
to take apart1744
demount1756
disarticulate1808
dismount1859
disassemble1881
destructure1951
deconstruct1973
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 592/2 I joynte, I cut meate by the joyntes to make it meter for the potte or spytte.
1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Acodar vides To ioynt vines, to prune vines, Ceniculare.
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. xi. sig. X5v Her huge taile..He with his sword it strooke, that without faile He ioynted it. View more context for this quotation
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis ix, in tr. Virgil Wks. 495 He joints the Neck: And with a stroke so strong The Helm flies off; and bears the Head along.
1709 Brit. Apollo 14–19 Oct. A Person is Joynting a piece of Meat,..he finds it difficult to Joynt.
1898 R. Kearton Wild Life at Home 78 ‘Jointing’ two large worms, [she] flew off at once to her chicks with them.
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the mind > possession > loss > taking away > take away [verb (transitive)] > deprive (of)
benimc890
to do of ——eOE
bedealc1000
disturbc1230
bereavec1275
reave?a1300
acquitc1300
benemec1300
deprivec1330
privea1382
subvertc1384
oppressc1395
abridgea1400
to bate of, from1399
lessa1400
nakena1400
dischargea1425
privatec1425
to bring outa1450
abatec1450
sever?1507
spulyie?1507
denude1513
disable1529
distrain1530
destituec1540
destitutec1540
defalk1541
to turn out of ——1545
discomfit1548
wipe1549
nude1551
disannul?a1556
bereft1557
diminish1559
benoom1563
joint1573
uncase1583
rid1585
disarm1590
visitc1592
ease1600
dispatch1604
unfurnisha1616
rig1629
retrench1640
unbecomea1641
disentail1641
cashier1690
twin1722
mulct1748
fordo1764
to do out of ——1796
to cut out1815
bate1823
deprivate1832
devoid1878
1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 30 I shal be contentid to be bard of mi mastership and iointid of my fellowship too.
1642 D. Rogers Naaman 290 Threaten their poore children to joynt them of this or that land or portion.
4. intransitive. To form joints.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > be or become joined together [verb (intransitive)] > form a joint
articulate1578
joint1772
1772 Carroll Papers in Maryland Hist. Mag. (1919) 14 287 I am apprehensive it will be too thick and Joint if the weather proves warme.
1904 Topeka (Kansas) Daily Capital 1 June 8 Wheat has not done well, though it is jointing now.
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