joint : Idioms & Phrases

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ankle joint

  • noun a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus
    ankle; articulatio talocruralis; ankle joint.
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artificial joint

  • noun a metal or plastic part that is surgically implanted to replace a natural joint (possibly elbow or wrist but usually hip or knee)
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Ball and socket joint

  • a joint in which a ball moves within a socket, so as to admit of motion in every direction within certain limits.
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ball-and-socket joint

  • noun a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone
    enarthrodial joint; enarthrosis; ball-and-socket joint; articulatio spheroidea; cotyloid joint.
  • noun a joint that can rotate within a socket
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Bayonet joint

  • a form of coupling similar to that by which a bayonet is fixed on the barrel of a musket.
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butt joint

  • noun a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping
    butt.
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Butt" joint`
Definitions
  1. A joint in which the edges or ends of the pieces united come squarely together instead of overlapping. See 1st Butt, 8.
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butting joint

But"ting joint`
Definitions
  1. A joint between two pieces of timber or wood, at the end of one or both, and either at right angles or oblique to the grain, as the joints which the struts and braces form with the truss posts; -- sometimes called abutting joint.
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clip joint

  • noun a place of entertainment where high prices are charged for poor entertainment
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Coffin joint

  • the joint next above the coffin bone.
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cotyloid joint

  • noun a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone
    enarthrodial joint; enarthrosis; ball-and-socket joint; articulatio spheroidea; cotyloid joint.
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Coursing joint

  • (Masonry), the mortar joint between two courses of bricks or stones.
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cubital joint

  • noun hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped
    cubitus; human elbow; elbow; articulatio cubiti; cubital joint.
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degenerative joint disease

  • noun chronic breakdown of cartilage in the joints; the most common form of arthritis occurring usually after middle age
    osteoarthritis; degenerative arthritis.
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double-jointed

  • adjective satellite having unusually flexible joints especially of the limbs or fingers
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dovetail joint

  • noun a mortise joint formed by interlocking tenons and mortises
    dovetail.
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Dowel joint

  • a joint secured by a dowel or dowels.
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Edge joint

  • (Carp.), a joint formed by two edges making a corner.
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elbow joint

  • noun hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped
    cubitus; human elbow; elbow; articulatio cubiti; cubital joint.
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enarthrodial joint

  • noun a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone
    enarthrodial joint; enarthrosis; ball-and-socket joint; articulatio spheroidea; cotyloid joint.
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Expansion joint, ∨ Expansion coupling

  • (Mech. & Engin.), a yielding joint or coupling for so uniting parts of a machine or structure that expansion, as by heat, is prevented from causing injurious strains; as by heat, is prevented from causing injurious strains; as: (a) A side or set of rollers, at the end of bridge truss, to support it but allow end play. (b) A telescopic joint in a steam pipe, to permit one part of the pipe to slide within the other. (c) A clamp for holding a locomotive frame to the boiler while allowing lengthwise motion.
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Face joint

  • (Arch.), a joint in the face of a wall or other structure.
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fetlock joint

  • noun the joint between the cannon bone and the pastern
    fetlock.
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fibrous joint

  • noun an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull)
    sutura; suture.
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Fish joint

  • noun a butt joint formed by bolting fish plates to the sides of two rails or beams
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  • a joint formed by a plate or pair of plates fastened upon two meeting beams, plates, etc., at their junction; used largely in connecting the rails of railroads.
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Fish joint, Miter joint, Universal joint

  • etc. See under Fish, Miter, etc.
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Flange joint

  • a joint, as that of pipes, where the connecting pieces have flanges by which the parts are bolted together.
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flexible joint

  • noun a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other
    hinge.
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Gimbal joint

  • (Mach.), a universal joint embodying the principle of the gimbal.
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Gimmal joint

  • . See Gimbal joint, under Gimbal.
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ginglymoid joint

  • noun a freely moving joint in which the bones are so articulated as to allow extensive movement in one plane
    ginglymus; ginglymoid joint.
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gliding joint

  • noun a freely moving joint in which the articulations allow only gliding motions
    articulatio plana.
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Ground joint

  • a close joint made by grinding together two pieces, as of metal with emery and oil, or of glass with fine sand and water.
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Heading joint

  • . (a) (Carp.) A joint, as of two or more boards, etc., at right angles to the grain of the wood. (b) (Masonry) A joint between two roussoirs in the same course.
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Hinge joint

  • noun a freely moving joint in which the bones are so articulated as to allow extensive movement in one plane
    ginglymus; ginglymoid joint.
  • noun a joint allowing movement in one plane only
    hinge joint.
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  • . (a) (Anat.) See Ginglymus. (b) (Mech.) Any joint resembling a hinge, by which two pieces are connected so as to permit relative turning in one plane.
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Hip joint

  • noun the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum
    hip; coxa; articulatio coxae.
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  • (Anat.), the articulation between the thigh bone and hip bone.
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hock-joint

  • noun tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle
    hock.
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hooke's joint

Hooke's joint
Etymology
So called from the inventor.
Definitions
  1. (Mach.) A universal joint. See under Universal.
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interphalangeal joint

  • noun any of the joints between the phalanges of the fingers or toes
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Joggle joint

  • (Arch.), a joint in any kind of building material, where the joining surfaces are made with joggles.
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Joint and several

  • (Law), a phrase signifying that the debt, credit, obligation, etc., to which it is applied is held in such a way that the parties in interest are engaged both together and individually thus a joint and several debt is one for which all the debtors may be sued together or either of them individually.
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joint author

  • noun a writer who collaborates with others in writing something
    coauthor.
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Joint bolt

  • a bolt for fastening two pieces, as of wood, one endwise to the other, having a nut embedded in one of the pieces.
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Joint chair

  • (Railroad), the chair that supports the ends of abutting rails.
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joint chiefs

  • noun the executive agency that advises the President on military questions; composed of the chiefs of the United States Army and the United States Navy and the United States Air Force and the commandant of the United States Marine Corps
    Joint Chiefs.
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joint chiefs of staff

  • noun the executive agency that advises the President on military questions; composed of the chiefs of the United States Army and the United States Navy and the United States Air Force and the commandant of the United States Marine Corps
    Joint Chiefs.
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Joint committee

  • (Parliamentary Practice), a committee composed of members of the two houses of a legislative body, for the appointment of which concurrent resolutions of the two houses are necessary. Cushing.
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Joint coupling

  • a universal joint for coupling shafting. See under Universal.
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joint direct attack munition

  • noun a pinpoint bomb guidance device that can be strapped to a gravity bomb thus converting dumb bombs into smart bombs
    JDAM.
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joint fir

  • noun jointed and nearly leafless desert shrub having reduced scalelike leaves and reddish fleshy seeds
    ephedra.
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Joint hinge

  • noun a hinge with two long straps; one strap is fastened to the surface of a moving part (e.g., a door or lid) and the other is fastened to the adjacent stationary frame
    strap hinge.
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  • a hinge having long leaves; a strap hinge.
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Joint meeting, ∨ Joint session

  • the meeting or session of two distinct bodies as one; as, a joint meeting of committees representing different corporations; a joint session of both branches of a State legislature to chose a United States senator. "Such joint meeting shall not be dissolved until the electoral votes are all counted and the result declared." Joint Rules of Congress, U. S.
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joint probability

  • noun the probability of two events occurring together
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Joint resolution

  • noun a resolution passed by both houses of Congress which becomes legally binding when signed by the Chief Executive (or passed over the Chief Executive's veto)
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  • (Parliamentary Practice), a resolution adopted concurrently by the two branches of a legislative body. "By the constitution of the United States and the rules of the two houses, no absolute distinction is made between bills and joint resolutions." Barclay (Digest).
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joint return

  • noun a return filed by a husband and wife
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Joint rule

  • (Parliamentary Practice), a rule of proceeding adopted by the concurrent action of both branches of a legislative assembly. "Resolved, by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), that the sixteenth and seventeenth joint rules be suspended for the remainder of the session." Journal H. of R., U. S.
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joint snake

  • noun snakelike lizard of Europe and Asia and North America with vestigial hind limbs and the ability to regenerate its long fragile tail
    glass lizard; glass snake.
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Joint splice

  • a reënforce at a joint, to sustain the parts in their true relation.
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Joint stock

  • stock held in company.
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Joint stool

  • . (a) A stool consisting of jointed parts; a folding stool. Shak. (b) A block for supporting the end of a piece at a joint; a joint chair.
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Joint tenancy

  • (Law), a tenure by two or more persons of estate by unity of interest, title, time, and possession, under which the survivor takes the whole. Blackstone.
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Joint tenant

  • (Law), one who holds an estate by joint tenancy.
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joint venture

  • noun a venture by a partnership or conglomerate designed to share risk or expertise
    • a joint venture between the film companies to produce TV shows
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joint-fir

Joint"-fir` noun
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A genus (Ephedra) of leafless shrubs, with the stems conspicuously jointed; -- called also shrubby horsetail. There are about thirty species, of which two or three are found from Texas to California.
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Joint-stock company

  • noun a company (usually unincorporated) which has the capital of its members pooled in a common fund; transferable shares represent ownership interest; shareholders are legally liable for all debts of the company
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  • (Law), a species of partnership, consisting generally of a large number of members, having a capital divided, or agreed to be divided, into shares, the shares owned by any member being usually transferable without the consent of the rest.
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jointed charlock

  • noun Eurasian weed having yellow or mauve or white flowers and podlike fruits
    runch; wild radish; wild rape; Raphanus raphanistrum.
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jointed rush

  • noun rush of Australia
    Juncus articulatus.
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jointing plane

  • noun a long carpenter's plane used to shape the edges of boards so they will fit together
    long plane; jointer; jointer plane.
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jook joint

  • noun a small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukebox
    juke house; jook house; jook; jook joint; juke.
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juke joint

  • noun a small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukebox
    juke house; jook house; jook; jook joint; juke.
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Jump joint

  • . (a) A butt joint . (b) A flush joint, as of plank in carvel-built vessels.
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Knee joint

  • noun hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
    knee; genu; articulatio genus; human knee.
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  • . See in the Vocabulary.
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Knuckle joint

  • noun a joint of a finger when the fist is closed
    knuckle; knuckle joint.
  • noun a joint allowing movement in one plane only
    hinge joint.
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  • (Mach.), a hinge joint, in which a projection with an eye, on one piece, enters a jaw between two corresponding projections with eyes, on another piece, and is retained by a pin which passes through the eyes and forms the pivot.
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Lap joint

  • noun joint made by overlapping two ends and joining them together
    splice.
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  • a joint made by one layer, part, or piece, overlapping another, as in the scarfing of timbers.
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lap-jointed

  • adjective satellite jointed so as to produce a flush surface
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Lap"-joint`ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Having a lap joint, or lap joints, as many kinds of woodwork and metal work.
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loose-jointed

  • adjective satellite loosely articulated or constructed
    • a loose-jointed paragraph
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mandibular joint

  • noun the joint between the head of the lower jawbone and the temporal bone
    mandibular joint; articulatio temporomandibularis.
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Master joint

  • (Geol.), a quarryman's term for the more prominent and extended joints traversing a rock mass.
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metacarpophalangeal joint

  • noun a joint of a finger when the fist is closed
    knuckle; knuckle joint.
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Miter joint

  • noun joint that forms a corner; usually both sides are bevelled at a 45-degree angle to form a 90-degree corner
    mitre; miter; miter joint.
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  • a joint formed by pieces matched and united upon a line bisecting the angle of junction, as by the beveled ends of two pieces of molding or brass rule, etc. The term is used especially when the pieces form a right angle. See Miter, 2.
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mitre joint

  • noun joint that forms a corner; usually both sides are bevelled at a 45-degree angle to form a 90-degree corner
    mitre; miter; miter joint.
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Mortise joint

  • noun a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus
    ankle; articulatio talocruralis; ankle joint.
  • noun a joint made by inserting tenon on one piece into mortise holes in the other
    mortise joint.
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  • a joint made by a mortise and tenon.
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mortise-and-tenon joint

  • noun a joint made by inserting tenon on one piece into mortise holes in the other
    mortise joint.
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Opium joint

  • a low resort of opium smokers. Slang
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Out of joint

  • out of place; dislocated, as when the head of a bone slips from its socket; hence, not working well together; disordered. "The time is out of joint." Shak.
  • not in proper connection or adjustment; unhinged; disordered. "The time is out of joint." Shak.
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Pastern joint

  • the joint in the hoof of the horse, and allied animals, between the great and small pastern bones.
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pivot joint

  • noun a freely moving joint in which movement is limited to rotation
    pivot joint; articulatio trochoidea; rotary joint.
    • the articulation of the radius and ulna in the arm is a pivot joint
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Plumb joint

  • in sheet-metal work, a lap joint, fastened by solder.
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rabbet joint

  • noun a joint formed by fitting together two rabbeted boards
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radiocarpal joint

  • noun a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones
    carpus; radiocarpal joint; wrist; articulatio radiocarpea.
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Rail joint

  • (Railroad), a splice connecting the adjacent ends of rails, in distinction from a chair, which is merely a seat. The two devices are sometimes united. Among several hundred varieties, the fish joint is standard. See Fish joint, under Fish.
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rib joint pliers

  • noun a type of pliers
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Rivet joint, ∨ Riveted joint

  • a joint between two or more pieces secured by rivets.
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rotary joint

  • noun a freely moving joint in which movement is limited to rotation
    pivot joint; articulatio trochoidea; rotary joint.
    • the articulation of the radius and ulna in the arm is a pivot joint
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rotatory joint

  • noun a freely moving joint in which movement is limited to rotation
    pivot joint; articulatio trochoidea; rotary joint.
    • the articulation of the radius and ulna in the arm is a pivot joint
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Rule joint

  • a knuckle joint having shoulders that abut when the connected pieces come in line with each other, and thus permit folding in one direction only.
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Rust joint

  • a joint made between surfaces of iron by filling the space between them with a wet mixture of cast-iron borings, sal ammoniac, and sulphur, which by oxidation becomes hard, and impervious to steam, water, etc.
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Saddle joint

  • in sheet-metal roofing, a joint formed by bending up the edge of a sheet and folding it downward over the turned-up edge of the next sheet.
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Scarf joint

  • noun a joint made by notching the ends of two pieces of timber or metal so that they will lock together end-to-end
    scarf.
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  • (a) A joint made by overlapping and bolting or locking together the ends of two pieces of timber that are halved, notched, or cut away so that they will fit each other and form a lengthened beam of the same size at the junction as elsewhere . (b) A joint formed by welding, riveting, or brazing together the overlapping scarfed ends, or edges, of metal rods, sheets, etc.
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second joint

  • noun the upper joint of the leg of a fowl
    thigh.
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Sensitive joint vetch

  • (Bot.), an annual leguminous herb (Æschynomene hispida), with sensitive foliage.
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Shackle joint

  • (Anat.), a joint formed by a bony ring passing through a hole in a bone, as at the bases of spines in some fishes.
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short-jointed

Short"-joint`ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Having short intervals between the joints; -- said of a plant or an animal, especially of a horse whose pastern is too short.
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shoulder joint

  • noun a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula
    shoulder; articulatio humeri.
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slip-joint pliers

  • noun pliers with a joint adjustable to two positions in order to increase the opening of the jaws
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spheroid joint

  • noun a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone
    enarthrodial joint; enarthrosis; ball-and-socket joint; articulatio spheroidea; cotyloid joint.
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Spigot and faucet joint

  • a joint for uniting pipes, formed by the insertion of the end of one pipe, or pipe fitting, into a socket at the end of another.
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straight-joint

Straight"-joint` adjective
Definitions
  1. (Arch.) Having straight joints. Specifically: (a) Applied to a floor the boards of which are so laid that the joints form a continued line transverse to the length of the boards themselves. Brandle & C. (b) In the United States, applied to planking or flooring put together without the tongue and groove, the pieces being laid edge to edge.
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Swivel joint

  • a joint, the two pieces composing which turn round, with respect to each other, on a longitudinal pin or axis, as in a chain, to prevent twisting.
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synovial joint

  • noun a joint so articulated as to move freely
    articulatio synovialis; diarthrosis.
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temporomandibular joint

  • noun the joint between the head of the lower jawbone and the temporal bone
    mandibular joint; articulatio temporomandibularis.
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To break joints

  • to lay or arrange bricks, shingles, etc., so that the joints in one course shall not coincide with those in the preceding course.
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To flush a joints

  • (Masonry), to fill them in; to point the level; to make them flush.
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To put one's nose out of joint

  • to humiliate one's pride, esp. by supplanting one in the affections of another. Slang
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To wipe a joint

  • (Plumbing), to make a joint, as between pieces of lead pipe, by surrounding the junction with a mass of solder, applied in a plastic condition by means of a rag with which the solder is shaped by rubbing.
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Toggle joint

  • noun a joint made by two arms attached by a pivot; used to apply pressure at the two ends by straightening the joint
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  • an elbow or knee joint, consisting of two bars so connected that they may be brought quite or nearly into a straight line, and made to produce great endwise pressure, when any force is applied to bring them into this position.
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tongue and groove joint

  • noun a mortise joint made by fitting a projection on the edge of one board into a matching groove on another board
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Union joint

  • . (Mech.) (a) A joint formed by means of a union. (b) A piece of pipe made in the form of the letter T.
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Universal joint

  • noun coupling that connects two rotating shafts allowing freedom of movement in all directions
    universal.
    • in motor vehicles a universal joint allows the driveshaft to move up and down as the vehicle passes over bumps
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  • (Mach.), a contrivance used for joining two shafts or parts of a machine endwise, so that the one may give rotary motion to the other when forming an angle with it, or may move freely in all directions with respect to the other, as by means of a cross connecting the forked ends of the two shafts (Fig. 1). Since this joint can not act when the angle of the shafts is less than 140°, a double joint of the same kind is sometimes used for giving rotary motion at angles less than 140° (Fig. 2).
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water joint

Wa"ter joint`
Definitions
  1. (Arch.) A joint in a stone pavement where the stones are left slightly higher than elsewhere, the rest of the surface being sunken or dished. The raised surface is intended to prevent the settling of water in the joints.
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Welt joint

  • a joint, as of plates, made with a welt, instead of by overlapping the edges. See Weld, n., 1 (d).
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wrist joint

  • noun a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones
    carpus; radiocarpal joint; wrist; articulatio radiocarpea.
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