English Dictionary: adjoining | by the DICT Development Group |
2 results for adjoining | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Adjoining \Ad*join"ing\, a. Joining to; contiguous; adjacent; as, an adjoining room. [bd]The adjoining fane.[b8] --Dryden. Upon the hills adjoining to the city. --Shak. Syn: Adjacent; contiguous; near; neighboring; abutting; bordering. See {Adjacent}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Adjoin \Ad*join"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adjoined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Adjoining}.] [OE. ajoinen, OF. ajoindre, F. adjoindre, fr. L. adjungere; ad + jungere to join. See {Join}, and cf. {Adjunct}.] To join or unite to; to lie contiguous to; to be in contact with; to attach; to append. Corrections . . . should be, as remarks, adjoined by way of note. --Watts. |