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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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[ae]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. ``He joints the neck.'' --Dryden. Quartering, jointing, seething, and roasting. --Holland. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: jointed adj : (zoology) having joints or jointed segments;
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