| • | 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. | 
											
															| • | 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. | 
											
															| • | 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. | 
											
															| • | Any one of the large pieces of meat, as cut into portions by
   the butcher for roasting. | 
											
															| • | A plane of fracture, or divisional plane, of a rock
   transverse to the stratification. | 
											
															| • | The space between the adjacent surfaces of two bodies joined
   and held together, as by means of cement, mortar, etc.; as, a thin
   joint. | 
											
															| • | The means whereby the meeting surfaces of pieces in a
   structure are secured together. | 
											
															| • | Joined; united; combined; concerted; as joint action. | 
											
															| • | Involving the united activity of two or more; done or
   produced by two or more working together. | 
											
															| • | United, joined, or sharing with another or with others; not
   solitary in interest or action; holding in common with an associate, or
   with associates; acting together; as, joint heir; joint creditor; joint
   debtor, etc. | 
											
															| • | Shared by, or affecting two or more; held in common; as,
   joint property; a joint bond. | 
											
															| • | To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to
   prepare so as to fit together; as, to joint boards. | 
											
															| • | To join; to connect; to unite; to combine. | 
											
															| • | To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate. | 
											
															| • | To separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or
   joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as meat. | 
											
															| • | To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do; as, the
   stones joint, neatly. |