Jointed

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Joint \Joint\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jointed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Jointing}.]
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     1. To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare
        so as to fit together; as, to joint boards.
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              Pierced through the yielding planks of jointed wood.
                                                    --Pope.
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     2. To join; to connect; to unite; to combine.
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              Jointing their force 'gainst Caesar.  --Shak.
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     3. To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate.
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              The fingers are jointed together for motion. --Ray.
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     4. To separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or
        joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as meat. "He
        joints the neck." --Dryden.
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              Quartering, jointing, seething, and roasting.
                                                    --Holland.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Jointed \Joint"ed\, a.
     Having joints; articulated; full of nodes; knotty; as, a
     jointed doll; jointed structure. "The jointed herbage." --J.
     Philips. -- {Joint"ed*ly}, adv.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  jointed
       adj : having joints or jointed segments;