·- 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.
·noun An abuttal; a boundary. II. Butting ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<But>>. III. Butting ·p.pr. & ·vb.n....
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·adj Joined; united; combined; concerted; as joint action. II. Joint ·add. ·noun A place of low res...
To hit a joint in carving, the operator must think of a cuckold. To put one's nose out of joint; to ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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 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.