jointed

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. having joints or jointed segments;
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Joint \Joint\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jointed; p. pr. & vb. n. Jointing.] [1913 Webster]

1.To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together; as, to joint boards. [1913 Webster]

Pierced through the yielding planks of jointed wood.— Pope.[1913 Webster]

2.To join; to connect; to unite; to combine. [1913 Webster]

Jointing their force 'gainst Caesar.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

3.To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate. [1913 Webster]

The fingers are jointed together for motion.— Ray.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Quartering, jointing, seething, and roasting.— Holland.[1913 Webster]
Jointed \Joint"ed\, a. Having joints; articulated; full of nodes; knotty; as, a jointed doll; jointed structure. "The jointed herbage." --J. Philips. -- Joint"ed*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]
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