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A joint or coadjutant bishop. Ayliffe.

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  • BISHOPDOM
    Jurisdiction of a bishop; episcopate. "Divine right of bishopdom." Milton.
  • JOINTWEED
    A slender, nearly leafless, American herb (Polygonum articulatum), with jointed spikes of small flowers.
  • BISHOPLY
    Bishoplike; episcopal.
  • BISHOP-STOOL
    A bishop's seat or see.
  • JOINTURELESS
    Having no jointure.
  • BISHOP'S-WEED
    An umbelliferous plant of the genus Ammi. Goutweed .
  • BISHOPLIKE
    Resembling a bishop; belonging to a bishop. Fulke.
  • JOINTING
    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 , a long straight rule,
  • BISHOP'S LENGTH
    A canvas for a portrait measuring 58 by 94 inches. The half bishop measures 45 of 56.
  • BISHOP
    L. episcopus overseer, superintendent, bishop, fr. Gr. , over + inspector, fr. root of , , to look to, perh. akin to L. specere to 1. A spiritual overseer, superintendent, or director. Ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the
  • JOINTURESS
    See BOUVIER
  • JOINTED
    Having joints; articulated; full of nodes; knotty; as, a jointed doll; jointed structure. "The jointed herbage." J. Philips. -- Joint"ed*ly, adv.
  • BISHOPRIC
    1. A diocese; the district over which the jurisdiction of a bishop extends. 2. The office of a spiritual overseer, as of an apostle, bishop, or presbyter. Acts i. 20.
  • JOINTER
    1. One who, or that which, joints. 2. A plane for smoothing the surfaces of pieces which are to be accurately joined; especially: The longest plane used by a joiner. A long stationary plane, for plaining the edges of barrel staves. A bent piece
  • COADJUTANT
    Mutually assisting or operating; helping. J. Philips.
  • JOINTWORM
    The larva of a small, hymenopterous fly , which is found in gall-like swellings on the stalks of wheat, usually at or just above the first joint. In some parts of America it does great damage to the crop.
  • BISHOP'S CAP
    A plant of the genus Mitella; miterwort. Longfellow.
  • JOINTLESS
    Without a joint; rigid; stiff.
  • JOINT
    A plane of fracture, or divisional plane, of a rock transverse to the stratification. (more info) 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
  • JOINTLY
    In a joint manner; together; unitedly; in concert; not separately. Then jointly to the ground their knees they bow. Shak.
  • UNJOINT
    To disjoint.
  • STRAIGHT-JOINT
    Having straight joints. Specifically: Applied to a floor the boards of which are so laid that the joints form a continued line transverse to the length of the boards themselves. Brandle & C. In the United States, applied to planking or flooring
  • DISJOINT
    Disjointed; unconnected; -- opposed to conjoint. Milton.
  • UNJOINTED
    Having no joint or articulation; as, an unjointed stem. (more info) 1. Disjointed; unconnected; hence, incoherent. Shak. 2. Etym:
  • DISJOINTED
    Separated at the joints; disconnected; incoherent. -- Dis*joint"ed*ly, adv. -- Dis*joint"ed*ness, n.
  • LAP-JOINTED
    Having a lap joint, or lap joints, as many kinds of woodwork and metal work.
  • REJOINT
    1. To reunite the joints of; to joint anew. Barrow. 2. Specifically , to fill up the joints of, as stones in buildings when the mortar has been dislodged by age and the action of the weather. Gwilt.
  • CONJOINTLY
    In a conjoint manner; untitedly; jointly; together. Sir T. Browne.
  • SHORT-JOINTED
    Having short intervals between the joints; -- said of a plant or an animal, especially of a horse whose pastern is too short.
  • WATER JOINT
    A joint in a stone pavement where the stones are left slightly higher than elsewhere, the rest of the surface being sunken or dished. The raised surface is intended to prevent the settling of water in the joints.

 

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