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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Jointing \Joint"ing\, n. The act or process of making a joint; also, the joints thus produced. {Jointing machine}, a planing machine for wood used in furniture and piano factories, etc. {Jointing plane}. See {Jointer}, 2. {Jointing rule} (Masonry), a long straight rule, used by bricklayers for securing straight joints and faces. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Joint \Joint\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jointed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Jointing}.] 1. To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together; as, to joint boards. Pierced through the yielding planks of jointed wood. --Pope. 2. To join; to connect; to unite; to combine. Jointing their force 'gainst C[91]sar. --Shak. 3. To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate. The fingers are jointed together for motion. --Ray. 4. To separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as meat. [bd]He joints the neck.[b8] --Dryden. Quartering, jointing, seething, and roasting. --Holland. | |
