*join*

v. i. 1. To lie or be next, or in contact; to be contiguous; as, the houses adjoin. [ 1913 Webster ]

When one man's land adjoins to another's. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The construction with to, on, or with is obsolete or obsolescent. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To join one's self. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

She lightly unto him adjoined side to side. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Contiguous. [ Obs. ] Carew. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Joining to; contiguous; adjacent; as, an adjoining room. “The adjoining fane.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Upon the hills adjoining to the city. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Adjacent; contiguous; near; neighboring; abutting; bordering. See Adjacent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An adjunct; a helper. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Back, a. or adv. + joint. ] (Arch.) A rebate or chase in masonry left to receive a permanent slab or other filling. [ 1913 Webster ]

. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

A joint in which the edges or ends of the pieces united come squarely together instead of overlapping. See 1st Butt, 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To join; to conjoin. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Conjoined p. pr. & vb. n. Conjoining. ] [ F. conjoindre, fr. L. conjungere, -junctum; con- + jungere to join. See Join, and cf. Conjugate, Conjunction. ] To join together; to unite. [ 1913 Webster ]

The English army, that divided was
Into two parties, is now conjoined in one. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

If either of you know any inward impediment why you should not be conjoined. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let that which he learns next be nearly conjoined with what he knows already. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To unite; to join; to league. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Her.) Joined together or touching. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. conjoint, p. p. of conjoindre. See Conjoin, and cf. Conjunct. ] United; connected; associated. “Influence conjoint.” Glover. [ 1913 Webster ]

Conjoint degrees (Mus.), two notes which follow each other immediately in the order of the scale, as ut and re. Johnson. --
Conjoint tetrachords (Mus.), two tetrachords or fourths, where the same note is the highest of one and the lowest of the other; -- also written conjunct. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a conjoint manner; untitedly; jointly; together. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being conjoint. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disjoined p. pr. & vb. n. Disjoining. ] [ OF. desjoindre, F. disjoindre, déjoindre, fr. L. disjungere; dis- + jungere to join. See Join, and cf. Disjoint, Disjunct. ] To part; to disunite; to separate; to sunder. [ 1913 Webster ]

That marriage, therefore, God himself disjoins. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Never let us lay down our arms against France, till we have utterly disjoined her from the Spanish monarchy. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Windmill Street consisted of disjoined houses. Pennant.

Syn. -- To disunite; separate; detach; sever; dissever; sunder; disconnect. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To become separated; to part. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. unconnected, detached. joined
Syn. -- disconnected, separate. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ OF. desjoint, p. p. of desjoindre. See Disjoin. ] Disjointed; unconnected; -- opposed to conjoint. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From OF. desjoint, p. p. of desjoindre. See Disjoint, v. t. ] Difficult situation; dilemma; strait. [ Obs. ] “I stand in such disjoint.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disjointed; p. pr. & vb. n. Disjointing. ] 1. To separate the joints of; to separate, as parts united by joints; to put out of joint; to force out of its socket; to dislocate; as, to disjoint limbs; to disjoint bones; to disjoint a fowl in carving. [ 1913 Webster ]

Yet what could swords or poisons, racks or flame,
But mangle and disjoint the brittle frame? Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To separate at junctures or joints; to break where parts are united; to break in pieces; as, disjointed columns; to disjoint an edifice. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some half-ruined wall
Disjointed and about to fall. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To break the natural order and relations of; to make incoherent; as, a disjointed speech. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To fall in pieces. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Separated at the joints; disconnected; incoherent. -- Dis*joint"ed*ly, adv. -- Dis*joint"ed*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a disjointed state. Sandys. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Enjoined p. pr. & vb. n. Enjoining. ] [ F. enjoindre, L. injungere to join into, charge, enjoin; in + jungere to join. See Join, and cf. Injunction. ] 1. To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge. [ 1913 Webster ]

High matter thou enjoin'st me. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

I am enjoined by oath to observe three things. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on. [ 1913 Webster ]

This is a suit to enjoin the defendants from disturbing the plaintiffs. Kent. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Enjoin has the force of pressing admonition with authority; as, a parent enjoins on his children the duty of obedience. But it has also the sense of command; as, the duties enjoined by God in the moral law. “This word is more authoritative than direct, and less imperious than command.” Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To join or unite. [ Obs. ] Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who enjoins. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Direction; command; authoritative admonition. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ So called from the inventor. ] (Mach.) A universal joint. See under Universal. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Obs. ] See Enjoin. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. in- in + joint. ] To join; to unite. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. in- in + joint. ] To disjoint; to separate. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Interjoined; p. pr. & vb. n. Interjoining. ] [ Pref. inter + join. ] To join mutually; to unite. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Joined p. pr. & vb. n. Joining. ] [ OE. joinen, joignen, F. joindre, fr. L. jungere to yoke, bind together, join; akin to jugum yoke. See Yoke, and cf. Conjugal, Junction, Junta. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To bring together, literally or figuratively; to place in contact; to connect; to couple; to unite; to combine; to associate; to add; to append. [ 1913 Webster ]

Woe unto them that join house to house. Is. v. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

Held up his left hand, which did flame and burn
Like twenty torches joined. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thy tuneful voice with numbers join. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To associate one's self to; to be or become connected with; to league one's self with; to unite with; as, to join a party; to join the church. [ 1913 Webster ]

We jointly now to join no other head. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To unite in marriage. [ 1913 Webster ]

He that joineth his virgin in matrimony. Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]

What, therefore, God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. Matt. xix. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To enjoin upon; to command. [ Obs. & R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They join them penance, as they call it. Tyndale. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To accept, or engage in, as a contest; as, to join encounter, battle, issue. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To meet with and accompany; as, we joined them at the restaurant. [ PJC ]

7. To combine with (another person) in performing some activity; as, join me in welcoming our new president. [ PJC ]

To join battle,
To join issue. See under Battle, Issue.

Syn. -- To add; annex; unite; connect; combine; consociate; couple; link; append. See Add. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To be contiguous, close, or in contact; to come together; to unite; to mingle; to form a union; as, the bones of the skull join; two rivers join. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whose house joined hard to the synagogue. Acts xviii. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? Ezra ix. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nature and fortune joined to make thee great. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Geom.) The line joining two points; the point common to two intersecting lines. Henrici. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The place or part where objects have been joined; a joint; a seam. [ PJC ]

3. (Computers) The combining of multiple tables to answer a query in a relational database system. [ PJC ]

a. [ OF. & F. joignant, p. pr. of joindre to join. ] Adjoining. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. joindre. See Join, v. t. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of joining; a putting together; conjunction. [ 1913 Webster ]

Confirmed by mutual joinder of your hands. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) (a) A joining of parties as plaintiffs or defendants in a suit. (b) Acceptance of an issue tendered in law or fact. (c) A joining of causes of action or defense in civil suits or criminal prosecutions. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. married. unmarried
Syn. -- united. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. connected by a link, as railway cars or trailer trucks.
Syn. -- coupled, linked. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. connected by or sharing a wall with another building. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, joins. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One whose occupation is to construct articles by joining pieces of wood; a mechanic who does the woodwork (as doors, stairs, etc.) necessary for the finishing of buildings. “One Snug, the joiner.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A wood-working machine, for sawing, plaining, mortising, tenoning, grooving, etc.

Syn. -- See Carpenter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art, or trade, of a joiner; the work of a joiner; doing the woodwork (as doors, stairs, etc.) necessary for the finishing of buildings. [ 1913 Webster ]

A piece of joinery . . . whimsically dovetailed. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Writing in which letters are joined in words; -- distinguished from writing in single letters. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. joint, fr. joindre, p. p. joint. See Join. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The place or part where two things or parts are joined or united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces admitting of a close-fitting or junction; junction; as, a joint between two pieces of timber; a joint in a pipe. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A joining of two things or parts so as to admit of motion; an articulation, whether movable or not; a hinge; as, the knee joint; a node or joint of a stem; a ball and socket joint. See Articulation. [ 1913 Webster ]

A scaly gauntlet now, with joints of steel,
Must glove this hand. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

To tear thee joint by joint. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The part or space included between two joints, knots, nodes, or articulations; as, a joint of cane or of a grass stem; a joint of the leg. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Any one of the large pieces of meat, as cut into portions by the butcher for roasting. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Geol.) A plane of fracture, or divisional plane, of a rock transverse to the stratification. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Arch.) The space between the adjacent surfaces of two bodies joined and held together, as by means of cement, mortar, etc.; as, a thin joint. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. The means whereby the meeting surfaces of pieces in a structure are secured together. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. [ Jag a notch. ] A projecting or retreating part in something; any irregularity of line or surface, as in a wall. [ Now Chiefly U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

9. (Theaters) A narrow piece of scenery used to join together two flats or wings of an interior setting. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

10. a disreputable establishment, or a place of low resort, as for smoking opium; -- also used for a commercial establishment, implying a less than impeccable reputation, but often in jest; as, talking about a high-class joint is an oxymoron. [ Slang ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

11. a marijuana cigarette. [ Slang ] [ PJC ]

12. prison; -- used with “the”. [ Slang ] “ he spent five years in the joint.” [ PJC ]

Coursing joint (Masonry), the mortar joint between two courses of bricks or stones. --
Fish joint,
Miter joint,
Universal joint, etc. See under Fish, Miter, etc. --
Joint bolt, a bolt for fastening two pieces, as of wood, one endwise to the other, having a nut embedded in one of the pieces. --
Joint chair (Railroad), the chair that supports the ends of abutting rails. --
Joint coupling, a universal joint for coupling shafting. See under Universal. --
Joint hinge, a hinge having long leaves; a strap hinge. --
Joint splice, a reënforce at a joint, to sustain the parts in their true relation. --
Joint stool. (a) A stool consisting of jointed parts; a folding stool. Shak. (b) A block for supporting the end of a piece at a joint; a joint chair. --
Out of joint, out of place; dislocated, as when the head of a bone slips from its socket; hence, not working well together; disordered. “The time is out of joint.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F., p. p. of joindre. See Join. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Joined; united; combined; concerted; as, joint action. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Involving the united activity of two or more; done or produced by two or more working together. [ 1913 Webster ]

I read this joint effusion twice over. T. Hook. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. United, joined, or sharing with another or with others; not solitary in interest or action; holding in common with an associate, or with associates; acting together; as, joint heir; joint creditor; a joint bank account; joint debtor, etc. “Joint tenants of the world.” Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Shared by, or affecting two or more; held in common; as, joint property; a joint bond. [ 1913 Webster ]

A joint burden laid upon us all. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Joint committee (Parliamentary Practice), a committee composed of members of the two houses of a legislative body, for the appointment of which concurrent resolutions of the two houses are necessary. Cushing. --
Joint meeting, or
Joint session, the meeting or session of two distinct bodies as one; as, a joint meeting of committees representing different corporations; a joint session of both branches of a State legislature to chose a United States senator. “Such joint meeting shall not be dissolved until the electoral votes are all counted and the result declared.” Joint Rules of Congress, U. S. --
Joint resolution (Parliamentary Practice), a resolution adopted concurrently by the two branches of a legislative body. “By the constitution of the United States and the rules of the two houses, no absolute distinction is made between bills and joint resolutions.” Barclay (Digest). --
Joint rule (Parliamentary Practice), a rule of proceeding adopted by the concurrent action of both branches of a legislative assembly. “Resolved, by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), that the sixteenth and seventeenth joint rules be suspended for the remainder of the session.” Journal H. of R., U. S. --
Joint and several (Law), a phrase signifying that the debt, credit, obligation, etc., to which it is applied is held in such a way that the parties in interest are engaged both together and individually thus a joint and several debt is one for which all the debtors may be sued together or either of them individually; used especially in the phrase joint and several liability. --
Joint stock, stock held in company. --
Joint-stock company (Law), a species of partnership, consisting generally of a large number of members, having a capital divided, or agreed to be divided, into shares, the shares owned by any member being usually transferable without the consent of the rest. --
Joint tenancy (Law), a tenure by two or more persons of estate by unity of interest, title, time, and possession, under which the survivor takes the whole. Blackstone. --
Joint tenant (Law), one who holds an estate by joint tenancy. Contrassted with tenant in common. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Jointed; p. pr. & vb. n. Jointing. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together; as, to joint boards. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pierced through the yielding planks of jointed wood. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To join; to connect; to unite; to combine. [ 1913 Webster ]

Jointing their force 'gainst Caesar. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate. [ 1913 Webster ]

The fingers are jointed together for motion. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Quartering, jointing, seething, and roasting. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do; as, the stones joint, neatly. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having joints; articulated; full of nodes; knotty; as, a jointed doll; jointed structure. “The jointed herbage.” J. Philips. -- Joint"ed*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. 1. One who, or that which, joints. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A plane for smoothing the surfaces of pieces which are to be accurately joined; especially: (a) The longest plane used by a joiner. (b) (Coopering) A long stationary plane, for planing the edges of barrel staves. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Masonry) (a) A bent piece of iron inserted to strengthen the joints of a wall. (b) A tool for pointing the joints in brickwork. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]