To hit a joint in carving, the operator must think of a cuckold. To put one's nose out of joint; to rival one in the favour of a patron or mistress.
·adj Joined; united; combined; concerted; as joint action. II. Joint ·add. ·noun A place of low res...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
The place where any two pieces of timber or plank are united. It is also used to express the lines w...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·- A joint in which the edges or ends of the pieces united come squarely together instead of overlap...
·- A joint between two pieces of timber or wood, at the end of one or both, and either at right angl...
·- A universal joint. ·see under <<Universal>>. ...
·noun A genus (Ephedra) of leafless shrubs, with the stems conspicuously jointed; — called also shr...
·adj Having straight joints. II. Straight-joint ·adj In the United States, applied to planking or f...
·- A joint in a stone pavement where the stones are left slightly higher than elsewhere, the rest of...
1) On the west side of Princes Street at No. 5 (Head Office) (P.O. Directory). In Broad Street Ward....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.