Join
(Join), v. i. To be contiguous, close, or in contact; to come together; to unite; to mingle; to form a
union; as, the bones 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
(Join), n. (Geom.) The line joining two points; the point common to two intersecting lines. Henrici.
Joinant
(Join"ant) a. [OF. & F. joignant, p. pr. of joindre to join.] Adjoining. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Joinder
(Join"der) n. [F. joindre. See Join, v. t.]
1. The act of joining; a putting together; conjunction.
Confirmed by mutual joinder of your hands.
Shak. 2. (Law) (a) A joining of parties as plaintiffs or defendants in a suit. (b) Acceptance of an issue tendered
in law or fact. (c) A joining of causes of action or defense in civil suits or criminal prosecutions.
Joiner
(Join"er), n.
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 (as doors, stairs, etc.) necessary for the finishing of buildings. "One Snug, the joiner." Shak.
3. A wood-working machine, for sawing, plaining, mortising, tenoning, grooving, etc.
Syn. — See Carpenter.
Joinery
(Join"er*y) n. The art, or trade, of a joiner; the work of a joiner.
A piece of joinery . . . whimsically dovetailed.
Burke. Joinhand
(Join"hand`) n. Writing in which letters are joined in words; — distinguished from writing in
single letters. Addison.
Joint
(Joint) n. [F. joint, fr. joindre, p. p. joint. See Join.]
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 or junction; junction; as, a joint between two pieces of timber; a
joint in a pipe.
2. 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. 3. 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.
