Word Meanings - INTERJUNCTION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A mutual joining.

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• JOINTWEED
  A slender, nearly leafless, American herb (Polygonum articulatum), with jointed spikes of small flowers.
• JOINTURELESS
  Having no jointure.
• 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
• 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.
• MUTUAL
  1. Reciprocally acting or related; reciprocally receiving and giving; reciprocally given and received; reciprocal; interchanged; as, a mutual love, advantage, assistance, aversion, etc. Conspiracy and mutual promise. Sir T. More. Happy
• 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.
• 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
• MUTUALITY
  Reciprocity of consideration. Wharton. (more info) 1. The quality of correlation; reciprocation; interchange; interaction; interdependence.
• JOINTLESS
  Without a joint; rigid; stiff.
• MUTUALLY
  In a mutual manner.
• JOINANT
  Adjoining. Chaucer.
• 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.
• JOIN
  together, join; akin to jugum yoke. See Yoke, and cf. Conjugal, 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. Woe unto them that join house to
• 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:
• 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.
• 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.
• ADJOINANT
  Contiguous. Carew.
• INTERMUTUAL
  Mutual. Daniel. -- In`ter*mu"tu*al*ly, adv.