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Joint inheritance.

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  • JOINTWEED
    A slender, nearly leafless, American herb (Polygonum articulatum), with jointed spikes of small flowers.
  • JOINTURELESS
    Having no jointure.
  • 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,
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • INHERITANCE
    Transmission and reception by animal or plant generation. (more info) 1. The act or state of inheriting; as, the inheritance of an estate; the inheritance of mental or physical qualities. 2. That which is or may be inherited; that which is derived
  • JOINTLESS
    Without a joint; rigid; stiff.
  • JOINTLY
    In a joint manner; together; unitedly; in concert; not separately. Then jointly to the ground their knees they bow. Shak.
  • JOINTRESS
    A woman who has a jointure. Blackstone.
  • JOINTURE
    An estate settled on a wife, which she is to enjoy after husband's decease, for her own life at least, in satisfaction of dower. The jointure that your king must make, Which with her dowry shall be counterpoised. Shak. (more info) 1. A joining;
  • JOINT-FIR
    A genus 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.
  • 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.
  • DISINHERITANCE
    The act of disinheriting, or the condition of being; disinherited; disherison.
  • 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.
  • BACKJOINT
    A rebate or chase in masonry left to receive a permanent slab or other filling.
  • KNEEJOINTED
    Geniculate; kneed. See Kneed, a., 2.
  • CONJOINTNESS
    The qquality of being conjoint.

 

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