资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Joint \Joint\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jointed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Jointing}.]
   1. 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.

   2. To join; to connect; to unite; to combine.

            Jointing their force 'gainst C[ae]sar. --Shak.

   3. To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate.

            The fingers are jointed together for motion. --Ray.

   4. 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.

Jointing \Joint"ing\, n.
   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} (Masonry), a long straight rule, used by
      bricklayers for securing straight joints and faces.