Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Jointed"

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) 1.7 (wn)

jointed
adj : (zoology) having joints or jointed segments;


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