jointyadj.
/ˈdʒɔɪnti/ Full of joints; having numerous joints.
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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 > full of joints
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1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. cvii. 296 The..stalke is thicke, and ioyntie.
1747 W. Hooson Miners Dict. sig. Eijb When it lies in a Body of considerable thickness, it is more Brickle and Joynty.
1855 G. Meredith Shaving of Shagpat 332 They were as jointy grasshoppers through the action of the Flea.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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adj.1578- to seem fair for
- to seem good
- to seeming
- to seethe away
- to seethe out
- to seethe over
- to seethe, to have, so many wallops
- to seize a person by the button
- to seize by the button
- to seize by the throat
- to seize hold of
- to seize into one's hands, to one's behoof
- to seize of
- to seize on or upon
- to seize the open file
- to seize time by the forelock
- to seize time by the forelock formerly forehead
- to seize time by the forelock formerly foretop
- to seize time by the forelock formerly top
- to seize up
- to select out
- to sell
- to sell a bill of goods
- to sell a dummy
- to sell a gold brick