Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Joints collectively, as in geology.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act or process of making a joint; also, the joints thus produced.
- noun a planing machine for wood used in furniture and piano factories, etc.
- noun See
Jointer , 2. - noun (Masonry) a long straight rule, used by bricklayers for securing straight joints and faces.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of making a
joint - noun The set of joints so produced
- noun The initial
grinding of the teeth of a cutting tool, prior tosharpening
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Examples
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The surface ships used by undersea-cable companies to install and repair cables have similar chambers--called jointing rooms--where crews work on the delicate fibers.
Archive 2008-02-01 Dave 2008
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Not pictured was what sucked up most of my day - the chicken-ancho cacciatore made completely from scratch (from jointing and skinning the bird to chopping the veg to stewing it all together).
Archive 2009-06-01 Sarah 2009
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Not pictured was what sucked up most of my day - the chicken-ancho cacciatore made completely from scratch (from jointing and skinning the bird to chopping the veg to stewing it all together).
A Marathon of Domestic Poportions Sarah 2009
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Her mermaids, with their serpentine jointing, displayed an uncanny sinuousness.
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Her mermaids, with their serpentine jointing, displayed an uncanny sinuousness.
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People highlight the 150,000 quitting versus the 2 million jointing as concrete proof AARP speaks for the majority of its members.
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Meanwhile, both men and women bustled about a huge factory floor under wooden beams, jointing, assembling, gluing and fixing the wooden aircraft wings together on trestles.
Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009
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This process of planing and jointing off paint will dull your blades more quickly than plain wood.
PrairieMod Monday 2007
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Um YES, I would like a jointed sea chest, and a mini one would be cute, but if it is too mini it will make the jointing all the much harder.
Royal British Columbia Museum: Old Town, Cruise, Long House & slutty wharf women Elizabeth McClung 2009
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Meanwhile, both men and women bustled about a huge factory floor under wooden beams, jointing, assembling, gluing and fixing the wooden aircraft wings together on trestles.
Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009
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