Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: JOINT – JOK-ING
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JOINT, v.t.
- To form with joints or articulations; used mostly in the participle; as, the fingers are jointed; a cane has a jointed stalk.
- To form many parts into one; as, jointed wood. – Dryden.
- To cut or divide into joints or quarters. – Dryden.
JOINT'ED, pp.
- Formed with articulations, as the stem of a plant.
- Separated into joints or quarters.
JOINT'ED-LY, adv.
By joints. – Smith.
JOINT'ER, n.
A long plane, a joiner's utensil.
JOINT'-HEIR, n. [joint and heir.]
An heir having a joint interest with another. Rom. viii.
JOINT'ING, n.
The making of a joint.
JOINT'LY, adv.
- Together; unitedly; in concert; with cooperation.
- With union of interest; as, to be jointly concerned in a voyage.
JOINT'RESS, a.
A woman who has a jointure. – Blackstone.
JOINT'STOOL, n.
A stool consisting of parts inserted in each other. – South.
JOINT-TEN'AN-CY, n. [joint and tenant.]
A tenure of estate by unity of interest, title, time and possession. – Blackstone.
JOINT-TEN'ANT, a. [joint and tenant.]
One who holds an estate by joint-tenancy.
JOINT'URE, n. [Fr.]
An estate in lands or tenements, settled on a woman its consideration of marriage, and which she is to enjoy after her husband's decease. – Blackstone.
JOINT'URE, v.t.
To settle a jointure upon. – Cowley.
JOINT'UR-ED, pp.
Endowed with a jointure.
JOINT'UR-ING, ppr.
Endowing with a jointure.
JOIST, n. [Scot. geist or gest. Qu. Fr. gesir, to lie.]
A small piece of timber, such as is framed into the girders and summers of a building to support a floor. – Encyc.
JOIST, v.t.
To fit in joists; to lay joists.
JOIST'ED, pp.
Fitted in joists.
JOIST'ING, ppr.
Laying joists.
JOKE, n. [L. jocus; Dan. giek, a joke; giekker, to joke; Sw. gäcka, to ridicule; G. schäkern.]
- A jest; something said for the sake of exciting a laugh; something witty or sportive; raillery. A jealous person will rarely bear a joke.
- An illusion; something not real, or to no purpose. Inclose whole downs in walls, 'tis all a joke! – Pope. A practical joke is a trick played on a person, sometimes to the injury or annoyance of his body. In joke, in jest; for the sake of raising a laugh; not in earnest.
JOKE, v.i. [L. jocor.]
To jest; to be merry in words or actions.
JOKE, v.t.
To rally; to cast jokes at; to make merry with.
JOK-ED, pp.
Jested; rallied; made merry with.
JOK-ER, n.
A jester; a merry fellow. – Dennis.
JOK-ING, ppr.
Jesting; making merry with.