Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Jointing"

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)

Jointing \Joint"ing\, n.
The act or process of making a joint; also, the joints thus
produced.

{Jointing machine}, a planing machine for wood used in
furniture and piano factories, etc.

{Jointing plane}. See {Jointer}, 2.

{Jointing rule} (Masonry), a long straight rule, used by
bricklayers for securing straight joints and faces.


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