Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter J - Page 8
Jobbing (a.) Doing chance work or add jobs; as, a jobbing carpenter.
Jobbing (a.) Using opportunities of public service for private gain; as, a jobbing politician. -- London Sat. Rev.
Jobbing house, A mercantile establishment which buys from importers, wholesalers or manufacturers, and sells to retailers. [U.S.]
Jocantry (n.) The act or practice of jesting. [Obs.]
Jockeys (n. pl. ) of Jockey.
Jockey (n.) 賽馬的騎師，騎士；【美】【俚】駕駛員；（機器等的）操作者 A professional rider of horses in races. -- Addison.
Jockey (n.) A dealer in horses; a horse trader. -- Macaulay.
Jockey (n.) A cheat; one given to sharp practice in trade.
Jockeyed (imp. & p. p.) of Jockey.
Jockeying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jockey.
Jockey (v. t.) 騙，瞞，駕駛，移動 “To jostle by riding against one.” -- Johnson.
Jockey (v. t.) （在賽馬中）騎（馬）；欺騙；耍手段使 [（+into/ out of）] To play the jockey toward; to cheat; to trick; to impose upon in trade; as, to jockey a customer.
Jockey (v. t.) To maneuver; to move in an intricate manner so as to avoid obstacles; as, to jockey a large cabinet up a winding staircase.
Jockey (v. i.) 充當賽馬騎師；耍手段圖謀 [（+for）] To play or act the jockey; to cheat.
Jockey (v. i.) To maneuver oneself aggressivley or skillfully so as to achieve an advantage; as, he jockeyed himself into position to be noticed.
Jockey (n.) Someone employed to ride horses in horse races.
Jockey (n.) An operator of some vehicle or machine or apparatus; "he's a truck jockey"; "a computer jockey"; "a disc jockey."
Jockey (v.) Defeat someone through trickery or deceit [syn: cheat, chouse, shaft, screw, chicane, jockey].
Jockey (v.) Compete (for an advantage or a position).
Jockey (v.) Ride a racehorse as a professional jockey.
Jockeying (n.) The act or management of one who jockeys; trickery. -- Beaconsfield.
Jockeyism (n.) The practice of jockeys.
Jockeyism (n.) (pl. -s) The practice or techniques of jockeys; the skill of riding a horse in a race.
Jockeyship (n.) The art, character, or position, of a jockey; the personality of a jockey.
Go flatter Sawney for his jockeyship. -- Chatterton.
Where can at last his jockeyship retire? -- Cowper.
Jocose (a.) Given to jokes and jesting; containing a joke, or abounding in jokes; merry; sportive; humorous.
To quit their austerity and be jocose and pleasant with an adversary. -- Shaftesbury.
All . . . jocose or comical airs should be excluded. -- I. Watts.
Syn: Jocular; facetious; witty; merry; pleasant; waggish; sportive; funny; comical. -- jo*cose"ly, adv. -- jo*cose"ness, n.
Spondanus imagines that Ulysses may possibly speak jocosely, but in truth Ulysses never behaves with levity. -- Broome.
He must beware lest his letter should contain anything like jocoseness; since jesting is incompatible with a holy and serious life. -- Buckle.
Jocose (a.) Characterized by jokes and good humor [syn: jesting, jocose, jocular, joking].
Jocose (a.) (Literary) 滑稽的；幽默的；詼諧的 Humorous or liking to play.
// His jocose manner was unsuitable for such a solemn occasion.
Jocoserious (a.) Mingling mirth and seriousness. -- M. Green.
Jocosity (n.) A jocose act or saying; jocoseness. -- Sir T. Browne.
Jocosity (n.) Fun characterized by humor [syn: jocosity, jocularity].
Jocosity (n.) The trait of merry joking [syn: jocoseness, jocosity, merriness, humorousness].
Jocular (a.) Given to jesting; jocose; as, a jocular person.
Jocular (a.) Sportive; merry. "Jocular exploits." -- Cowper.
The style is partly serious and partly jocular. -- Dryden.
Jocular (adv.) With humor; "they tried to deal with this painful subject jocularly" [syn: jocosely, jocular].
Jocular (a.) Characterized by jokes and good humor [syn: jesting, jocose, jocular, joking].
Jocularity (n.) Jesting; merriment.
Jocularity (n.) A feeling facetious merriment [syn: jocundity, jocularity].
Jocularity (n.) Fun characterized by humor [syn: jocosity, jocularity].
Jocularity (n.) Activity characterized by good humor [syn: jest, joke, jocularity].
Jocularly (adv.) In jest; for sport or mirth; jocosely.
Joculary (a.) Jocular; jocose; sportive. -- Bacon.
Joculator (n.) A jester; a joker. [Obs.] -- Strutt.
Joculatory (a.) Droll; sportive. [Obs.] -- Cockeram.
Jocund (a.) 歡樂的，快活的，高興的 Merry; cheerful; gay; airy; lively; sportive.
Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops. -- Shak.
Rural sports and jocund strains. -- Prior. -- Joc"und*ly, adv. -- Joc"und*ness, n.
Jocund (adv.) 歡樂地，愉快地 Merrily; cheerfully. -- Gray.
Jocund (a.) Full of or showing high-spirited merriment; "when hearts were young and gay"; "a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"- Wordsworth; "the jolly crowd at the reunion"; "jolly old Saint Nick"; "a jovial old gentleman"; "have a merry Christmas"; "peals of merry laughter"; "a mirthful laugh" [syn: gay, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful].
Jocundity (n.) 【文】歡樂，快活 [U]；歡樂的話；表示歡快的動作 [C] The state or quality of being jocund; gayety; sportiveness.
Jocundity (n.) A feeling facetious merriment [syn: jocundity, jocularity].
Joe (n.) See Johannes.
Joe Miller () A jest book; a stale jest; a worn-out joke. [Colloq.]
It is an old Joe Miller in whist circles, that there are only two reasons that can justify you in not returning trumps to your partner's lead; i. e., first, sudden illness; secondly, having none. -- Pole.
Joe-Pye weed () (Bot.) A tall composite plant of the genus Eupatorium ({Eupatorium purpureum), with purplish flowers, and whorled leaves.
Joe-Pye weed (n.) North American herb having whorled leaves and terminal clusters of flowers spotted with purple [syn: Joe-Pye weed, purple boneset, trumpet weed, marsh milkweed, Eupatorium purpureum].
Joe-Pye weed (n.) North American herb having whorled leaves and terminal clusters of small pinkish or purple flower heads [syn: Joe-Pye weed, spotted Joe-Pye weed, Eupatorium maculatum].
Jogged (imp. & p. p.) of Jog.
Jogging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jog.
Jog (v. t.) To push or shake with the elbow or hand; to jostle; esp., to push or touch, in order to give notice, to excite one's attention, or to warn.
Now leaps he upright, jogs me, and cries: Do you see Yonder well-favored youth? -- Donne.
Sudden I jogged Ulysses, who was laid Fast by my side. -- Pope.
Jog (v. t.) To suggest to; to notify; to remind; to call the attention of; as, to jog the memory.
Jog (v. t.) To cause to jog; to drive at a jog, as a horse. See Jog, v. i.
Jog (v. i.) To move by jogs or small shocks, like those of a slow trot; to move slowly, leisurely, or monotonously; -- usually with on, sometimes with over.
Jog on, jog on, the footpath way. -- Shak.
So hung his destiny, never to rot, While he might still jog on and keep his trot. -- Milton.
The good old ways our sires jogged safely over. -- R. Browning.
Jog (v. i.) To run at less than maximum speed; to move on foot at a pace between a walk and a run; to run at a moderate pace so as to be able to continue for some time; -- performed by people, mostly for exercise.
Jog (n.) A slight shake; a shake or push intended to give notice or awaken attention; a push; a jolt.
To give them by turns an invisible jog. -- Swift.
Jog (n.) A rub; a slight stop; an obstruction; hence, an irregularity in motion of from; a hitch; a break in the direction of a line or the surface of a plane. -- Glanvill.
Jog (n.) A liesurely running pace. See jog[2], v. i.
Jog trot, A slow, regular, jolting gait; hence, a routine habit or method, persistently adhered to. -- T. Hook.
Jog (n.) A sharp change in direction; "there was a jog in the road."
Jog (n.) A slow pace of running [syn: jog, trot, lope].
Jog (n.) A slight push or shake [syn: nudge, jog].
Jog (v.) Continue talking or writing in a desultory manner; "This novel rambles on and jogs" [syn: ramble on, ramble, jog].
Jog (v.) Even up the edges of a stack of paper, in printing [syn: square up, jog, even up].
Jog (v.) Run for exercise; "jog along the canal."
Jog (v.) Run at a moderately swift pace [syn: trot, jog, clip].
Jog (v.) Give a slight push to.
Jog (v.) Stimulate to remember; "jog my memory."
Jogger (n.) One who jogs ; as, the paths in Central Park on a summer Saturday are filled with joggers. -- Dryden.
Jogger (n.) Someone who runs a steady slow pace (usually for exercise).
Jogging (n.) The act of giving a jog or jogs; traveling at a jog.
Jogging (n.) Running at a jog trot as a form of cardiopulmonary exercise.
Joggled (imp. & p. p.) of Joggle.
Joggling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Joggle.
Joggle (v. t.) To shake slightly; to push suddenly but slightly, so as to cause to shake or totter; to jostle; to jog.
Joggle (v. t.) (Arch.) To join by means of joggles, so as to prevent sliding apart; sometimes, loosely, to dowel.
The struts of a roof are joggled into the truss posts. -- Gwilt.
Joggle (v. i.) To shake or totter; to slip out of place.
Joggle (n.) [Arch.] A notch or tooth in the joining surface of any piece of building material to prevent slipping; sometimes, but incorrectly, applied to a separate piece fitted into two adjacent stones, or the like.
Joggle joint (Arch.), A joint in any kind of building material, where the joining surfaces are made with
joggles.
Joggle (n.) A fastener that is inserted into holes in two adjacent pieces and holds them together [syn: dowel, dowel pin, joggle].
Joggle (n.) A slight irregular shaking motion [syn: joggle, jiggle].
Joggle (v.) Move to and fro; "Don't jiggle your finger while the nurse is putting on the bandage!" [syn: jiggle, joggle, wiggle].
Joggle (v.) Fasten or join with a joggle.
Johannean (a.) Of or pertaining to John, esp. to the Apostle John or his writings. -- M. Stuart.
Johannes (n.) (Numis.) A Portuguese gold coin of the value of eight dollars, named from the figure of King John which it bears; -- often contracted into joe; as, a joe, or a half joe.
Johannisberger (n.) [G.] A fine white wine produced on the estate of Schloss (or Castle) Johannisberg, on the Rhine.
John (n.) A proper name of a man.
John-apple, A sort of apple ripe about St. John's Day. Same as Apple-john.
John Bull, An ideal personification of the typical characteristics of an Englishman, or of the English people.
John Bullism, English character. -- W. Irving.
John Doe (Law), The name formerly given to the fictitious plaintiff in an action of ejectment. -- Mozley & W.
John Doree, John Dory. [John (or F. jaune yellow) + Doree, Dory.] (Zool.) An oval, compressed, European food fish ({Zeus faber). Its color is yellow and olive, with golden, silvery, and blue reflections. It has a round dark spot on each side. Called also dory, doree, and St. Peter's fish.
John (n.) A room or building equipped with one or more toilets [syn: toilet, lavatory, lav, can, john, privy, bathroom].
John (n.) Youngest son of Henry II; King of England from 1199 to 1216; succeeded to the throne on the death of his brother Richard I; lost his French possessions; in 1215 John was compelled by the barons to sign the Magna Carta (1167-1216) [syn: John, King John, John Lackland].
John (n.) (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book of Revelation [syn: John, Saint John, St. John, Saint John the Apostle, St. John the Apostle, John the Evangelist, John the Divine].
John (n.) A prostitute's customer [syn: whoremaster, whoremonger, john, trick].
John (n.) The last of the four Gospels in the New Testament [syn: John, Gospel According to John].
John, () One who, with Annas and Caiaphas, sat in judgment on the apostles Peter and John (Acts 4:6). He was of the kindred of the high priest; otherwise unknown.
John, () The Hebrew name of Mark (q.v.). He is designated by this name in the acts of the Apostles (12:12, 25; 13:5, 13; 15:37).
John, () THE APOSTLE, brother of James the "Greater" (Matt. 4:21; 10:2; Mark 1:19; 3:17; 10:35). He was one, probably the younger, of the sons of Zebedee (Matt. 4:21) and Salome (Matt. 27:56; comp. Mark 15:40), and was born at Bethsaida. His father was apparently a man of some wealth (comp. Mark 1:20; Luke 5:3; John 19:27). He was doubtless trained in all that constituted the ordinary education of Jewish youth. When he grew up he followed the occupation of a fisherman on the Lake of Galilee. When John the Baptist began his ministry in the wilderness of Judea, John, with many others, gathered round him, and was deeply influenced by his teaching. There he heard the announcement, "Behold the Lamb of God," and forthwith, on the invitation of Jesus, became a disciple and ranked among his followers (John 1:36, 37) for a time. He and his brother then returned to their former avocation, for how long is uncertain. Jesus again called them (Matt. 4: 21; Luke 5:1-11), and now they left all and permanently attached themselves to the company of his disciples. He became one of the innermost circle (Mark 5:37; Matt. 17:1; 26:37; Mark 13:3). He was the disciple whom Jesus loved. In zeal and intensity of character he was a "Boanerges" (Mark 3:17). This spirit once and again broke out (Matt. 20:20-24; Mark 10:35-41; Luke 9:49, 54). At the betrayal he and Peter follow Christ afar off, while the others betake themselves to hasty flight (John 18:15). At the trial he follows Christ into the council chamber, and thence to the praetorium (18:16, 19, 28) and to the place of crucifixion (19:26, 27). To him and Peter, Mary first conveys tidings of the resurrection (20:2), and they are the first to go and see what her strange words mean. After the resurrection he and Peter again return to the Sea of Galilee, where the Lord reveals himself to them (21:1, 7). We find Peter and John frequently after this together (Acts 3:1; 4:13). John remained apparently in Jerusalem as the leader of the church there (Acts 15:6; Gal. 2:9). His subsequent history is unrecorded. He was not there, however, at the time of Paul's last visit (Acts 21:15-40). He appears to have retired to Ephesus, but at what time is unknown. The seven churches of Asia were the objects of his special care (Rev. 1:11). He suffered under persecution, and was banished to Patmos (1:9); whence he again returned to Ephesus, where he died, probably about A.D. 98, having outlived all or nearly all the friends and companions even of his maturer years. There are many interesting traditions regarding John during his residence at Ephesus, but these cannot claim the character of historical truth.
John, () The grace or mercy of the Lord.
Johnadreams (n.) A dreamy, idle fellow. -- Shak.
Johnnies (n. pl. ) of Johnny.
Johnny (n.) A familiar diminutive of John.
Johnny (n.) (Zool.) A sculpin. [Local cant]
Johny Crapaud, A jocose designation of a Frenchman, or of the French people, collectively.
Johnny (n.) `Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms [syn: Rebel, Reb, Johnny Reb, Johnny, greyback].
Johnnycake (n.) A kind of bread made of the meal of maize (Indian corn), mixed with water or milk, etc., and baked. [U.S.] -- J. Barlow.
Johnnycake (n.) Cornbread usually cooked pancake-style on a griddle (chiefly New England) [syn: johnnycake, johnny cake, journey cake].
Johnsonese (n.) The literary style of Dr. Samuel Johnson, or one formed in imitation of it; an inflated, stilted, or pompous style, affecting classical words. -- E. Everett.
Johnson grass () (Bot.) A tall perennial grass ({Sorghum Halepense), valuable in the Southern and Western States for pasture and hay. The rootstocks are large and juicy and are eagerly sought by swine. Called also Cuba grass, Means grass, Evergreen millet, and Arabian millet.
Johnsonian (a.) Pertaining to or resembling Dr. Johnson or his style; pompous; inflated.
Johnsonianism (n.) A manner of acting or of writing peculiar to, or characteristic of, Dr. Johnson. [Written also Johnsonism.]
John's-wort (n.) See St. John's-wort.
Joined (imp. & p. p.) of Join.
Joining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Join.
Join (v. t.) To bring together, literally or figuratively; to place in contact; to connect; to couple; to unite; to combine; to associate; to add; to append.
Woe unto them that join house to house. -- Is. v. 8.
Held up his left hand, which did flame and burn Like twenty torches joined. -- Shak.
Thy tuneful voice with numbers join. -- Dryden.
Join (v. t.) 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.
We jointly now to join no other head. -- Dryden.
Join (v. t.) To unite in marriage.
He that joineth his virgin in matrimony. -- Wyclif.
What, therefore, God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. -- Matt. xix. 6.
Join (v. t.) To enjoin upon; to command. [Obs. & R.]
They join them penance, as they call it. -- Tyndale.
Join (v. t.) To accept, or engage in, as a contest; as, to join encounter, battle, issue. -- Milton.
Join (v. t.) To meet with and accompany; as, we joined them at the restaurant.
Join (v. t.) To combine with (another person) in performing some activity; as, join me in welcoming our new president.
To join battle, To join issue. See under Battle, Issue.
Syn: To add; annex; unite; connect; combine; consociate; couple; link; append. See Add.
Join (v. i.) To be contiguous, close, or in contact; to come together; to unite; to mingle; to form a union; as, the hones of the skull join; two rivers join.
Whose house joined hard to the synagogue. -- Acts xviii. 7.
Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? -- Ezra
ix. 14.
Nature and fortune joined to make thee great. -- Shak.
Join (n.) (Geom.) The line joining two points; the point common to two intersecting lines. -- Henrici.
Join (n.) The place or part where objects have been joined; a joint; a seam.
Join (n.) (Computers) The combining of multiple tables to answer a query in a relational database system.
Join (n.) The shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made [syn: articulation, join, joint, juncture, junction].
Join (n.) A set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets; "let C be the union of the sets A and B" [syn: union, sum, join].
Join (v.) Become part of; become a member of a group or organization; "He joined the Communist Party as a young man" [syn: join, fall in, get together].
Join (v.) Cause to become joined or linked; "join these two parts so that they fit together" [syn: join, bring together] [ant: disjoin, disjoint].
Join (v.) Come into the company of; "She joined him for a drink."
Join (v.) Make contact or come together; "The two roads join here" [syn: join, conjoin] [ant: disjoin, disjoint]
Join (v.) Be or become joined or united or linked; "The two streets connect to become a highway"; "Our paths joined"; "The travelers linked up again at the airport" [syn: connect, link, link up, join, unite].
Join, () Inner join (common) or outer join (less common).
Join, () Least upper bound. (1998-11-23)
Joinant (a.) Adjoining. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Joinder (n.) The act of joining; a putting together; conjunction.
Confirmed by mutual joinder of your hands. -- Shak.
Joinder (n.) (Law) A joining of parties as plaintiffs or defendants in a suit.
Joinder (n.) (Law) Acceptance of an issue tendered in law or fact.
Joinder (n.) (Law) A joining of causes of action or defense in civil suits or criminal prosecutions.
Joiner (n.) One who, or that which, joins.
Joiner (n.) 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.
Joiner (n.) A wood-working machine, for sawing, plaining, mortising, tenoning, grooving, etc.
Syn: See Carpenter.
Joiner (n.) A person who likes to join groups.
Joiner (n.) A woodworker whose work involves making things by joining pieces of wood.
Joiner, AR -- U.S. city in Arkansas
Population (2000): 540
Housing Units (2000): 223
Land area (2000): 0.290323 sq. miles (0.751932 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.290323 sq. miles (0.751932 sq. km)
FIPS code: 35650
Located within: Arkansas (AR), FIPS 05
Location: 35.507345 N, 90.150245 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 72350
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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Joinery (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.
A piece of joinery . . . whimsically dovetailed. -- Burke.
Joinery (n.) Fine woodwork done by a joiner.
Joinery (n.) The craft of a joiner [syn: cabinetmaking, joinery].
Joinhand (n.) Writing in which letters are joined in words; -- distinguished from writing in single letters. --Addison.
Joint (n.) 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.
Joint (n.) 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.
A scaly gauntlet now, with joints of steel,
Must glove this hand. -- Shak.
To tear thee joint by joint. -- Milton.
Joint (n.) 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.
Joint (n.) Any one of the large pieces of meat, as cut into portions by the butcher for roasting.
Joint (n.) (Geol.) A plane of fracture, or divisional plane, of a rock transverse to the stratification.
Joint (n.) (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.
Joint (n.) The means whereby the meeting surfaces of pieces in a structure are secured together.
Joint (n.) [{Jag a notch.] A projecting or retreating part in something; any irregularity of line or surface, as in a wall. [Now Chiefly U. S.]
Joint (n.) (Theaters) A narrow piece of scenery used to join together two flats or wings of an interior setting.
Joint (n.) 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]
Joint (n.) A marijuana cigarette. [Slang]
Joint (n.) Prison; -- used with "the". [Slang] " he spent five years in the joint."
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 re["e]nforce at a joint, to sustain the parts in their true relation.
Joint stool. (a) A stool consisting of jointed parts; a folding stool. -- Shak.
Joint
stool. (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.
Joint (a.) Joined; united; combined; concerted; as joint action.
Joint (a.) Involving the united activity of two or more; done or produced by two or more working together.
I read this joint effusion twice over. -- T. Hook.
Joint (a.) 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; joint debtor, etc. "Joint tenants of the world." --Donne.
Joint (a.) Shared by, or affecting two or more; held in common; as, joint property; a joint bond.
A joint burden laid upon us all. -- Shak.
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.
Jointed (imp. & p. p.) of Joint.
Jointing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Joint.
Joint (v. t.) 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.
Joint (v. t.) To join; to connect; to unite; to combine.
Jointing their force 'gainst Caesar. -- Shak.
Joint (v. t.) To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate.
The fingers are jointed together for motion. -- Ray.
Joint (v. t.) 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.
Joint (v. i.) To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do; as, the stones joint, neatly.
Joint (a.) United or combined; "a joint session of Congress"; "joint owners" [ant: separate].
Joint (a.) Affecting or involving two or more; "joint income-tax return"; "joint ownership."
Joint (a.) Involving both houses of a legislature; "a joint session of Congress."
Joint (n.) (Anatomy) The point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion) [syn: joint, articulation, articulatio].
Joint (n.) A disreputable place of entertainment.
Joint (n.) The shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made [syn: articulation, join, joint, juncture, junction].
Joint (n.) A piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion [syn: roast, joint].
Joint (n.) Junction by which parts or objects are joined together.
Joint (n.) Marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking [syn: joint, marijuana cigarette, reefer, stick, spliff].
Joint (v.) Fit as if by joints; "The boards fit neatly."
Joint (v.) Provide with a joint; "the carpenter jointed two pieces of wood" [syn: joint, articulate].
Joint (v.) Fasten with a joint.
Joint (v.) Separate (meat) at the joint.
JOINT. United, not separate; as, joint action, or one which is brought by several persons acting together; joint bond, a bond given by two or more obligors.
Jointed (a.) Having joints; articulated; full of nodes; knotty; as, a jointed doll; jointed structure. "The jointed herbage." -- J. Philips. -- Joint"ed*ly, adv.
Jointed (a.) Having joints or jointed segments.
Jointer (n.) One who, or that which, joints.