·noun 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.
·noun A genus (Abies) of coniferous trees, often of large size and elegant shape, some of them value...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
The uniform rendering in the Authorized Version (marg. R.V., "cypress") of berosh (2 Sam. 6:5; 1 Kin...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
(Isaiah 14:8; Ezekiel 27:5) etc. As the term "cedar" is in all probability applicable to more than o...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
·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
·- ·see <<Fir>>. ...
·- A species of pine (Pinus sylvestris), and its wood, which affords a valuable timber; — called al...
·- A sertularian hydroid, especially Sertularia abietina, which branches like a miniature fir tree. ...
·add. ·- A Californian fir (Abies shastensis). ...
Constructed of fir. ...
·- 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>>. ...
·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.