Word Meanings - REJOINDURE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Act of joining again. "Beguiles our lips of all rejoindure" . Shak.
Related words: (words related to REJOINDURE)
- AGAINSTAND
To withstand. - JOINTWEED
A slender, nearly leafless, American herb (Polygonum articulatum), with jointed spikes of small flowers. - AGAINSAY
To gainsay. Wyclif. - JOINTURELESS
Having no jointure. - AGAIN
again; on + geán, akin to Ger. gegewn against, Icel. gegn. Cf. 1. In return, back; as, bring us word again. 2. Another time; once more; anew. If a man die, shall he live again Job xiv. 14. 3. Once repeated; -- of quantity; as, as large again, - JOINER
1. One who, or that which, joins. 2. One whose occupation is to construct articles by joining pieces of wood; a mechanic who does the woodwork necessary for the finishing of buildings. "One Snug, the joiner." Shak. 3. A wood-working machine, for - 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 - AGAINST
1. Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; as, against the mouth of a river; -- in this sense often preceded by over. Jacob saw the angels of God come against him. Tyndale. 2. From an opposite direction so as to strike or come in contact with; in - AGAIN; AGAINS
Against; also, towards . Albeit that it is again his kind. Chaucer. - JOINERY
The art, or trade, of a joiner; the work of a joiner. A piece of joinery . . . whimsically dovetailed. Burke. - 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. - AGAINWARD
Back again. - JOINHAND
Writing in which letters are joined in words; -- distinguished from writing in single letters. Addison. - JOINDER
1. The act of joining; a putting together; conjunction. Confirmed by mutual joinder of your hands. Shak. A joining of parties as plaintiffs or defendants in a suit. Acceptance of an issue tendered in law or fact. A joining of causes of action or - AGAINBUY
To redeem. Wyclif. - JOINTLESS
Without a joint; rigid; stiff. - 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 - THEREAGAIN
In opposition; against one's course. If that him list to stand thereagain. Chaucer. - 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: - SURREJOIN
To reply, as a plaintiff to a defendant's rejoinder. - 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. - UNJOIN
To disjoin. - CONJOINTLY
In a conjoint manner; untitedly; jointly; together. Sir T. Browne. - ENJOIN
To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on. This is a suit to enjoin the defendants from disturbing the plaintiffs. Kent. Note: Enjoin has the force of pressing admonition with authority; as, a parent enjoins - SHORT-JOINTED
Having short intervals between the joints; -- said of a plant or an animal, especially of a horse whose pastern is too short.