[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

joint \joint\ joint, n. f. joint, fr. joindre, p. p. joint.
   see join.
   1913 webster
   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.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

            a scaly gauntlet now, with joints of steel,
            must glove this hand.                 --shak.
      1913 webster

            to tear thee joint by joint.          --milton.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   4. any one of the large pieces of meat, as cut into portions
      by the butcher for roasting.
      1913 webster

   5. geol. a plane of fracture, or divisional plane, of a
      rock transverse to the stratification.
      1913 webster

   6. arch. the space between the adjacent surfaces of two
      bodies joined and held together, as by means of cement,
      mortar, etc.; as, a thin joint.
      1913 webster

   7. the means whereby the meeting surfaces of pieces in a
      structure are secured together.
      1913 webster

   8. jag a notch. a projecting or retreating part in
      something; any irregularity of line or surface, as in a
      wall. now chiefly u. s.
      webster 1913 suppl.

   9. theaters a narrow piece of scenery used to join together
      two flats or wings of an interior setting.
      webster 1913 suppl.

   10. a disreputable establishment, or a place of low resort,
       as for smoking opium; -- also used for a commercial
       establishment, implying a less than impeccable
       reputation, but often in jest; as, talking about a
       high-class joint is an oxymoron. slang
       webster 1913 suppl. +pjc

   11. a marijuana cigarette. slang
       pjc

   12. prison; -- used with "the". slang " he spent five years
       in the joint."
       pjc

   coursing joint masonry, the mortar joint between two
      courses of bricks or stones.

   fish joint, miter joint, universal joint, etc. see
      under fish, miter, etc.

   joint bolt, a bolt for fastening two pieces, as of wood,
      one endwise to the other, having a nut embedded in one of
      the pieces.

   joint chair railroad, the chair that supports the ends of
      abutting rails.

   joint coupling, a universal joint for coupling shafting.
      see under universal.

   joint hinge, a hinge having long leaves; a strap hinge.

   joint splice, a re"enforce at a joint, to sustain the
      parts in their true relation.

   joint stool.
       a a stool consisting of jointed parts; a folding stool.
           --shak.
       b a block for supporting the end of a piece at a joint;
           a joint chair.

   out of joint, out of place; dislocated, as when the head of
      a bone slips from its socket; hence, not working well
      together; disordered. "the time is out of joint." --shak.
      1913 webster
see also:
join articulation jag coursing joint fish joint miter joint 
universal joint fish miter joint bolt joint chair 
joint coupling universal joint hinge joint splice joint stool 
out of joint 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

joint \joint\ joint, a. f., p. p. of joindre. see join.
   1913 webster
   1. joined; united; combined; concerted; as, joint action.
      1913 webster

   2. involving the united activity of two or more; done or
      produced by two or more working together.
      1913 webster

            i read this joint effusion twice over. --t. hook.
      1913 webster

   3. 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; a joint bank account; joint
      debtor, etc. "joint tenants of the world." --donne.
      1913 webster

   4. shared by, or affecting two or more; held in common; as,
      joint property; a joint bond.
      1913 webster

            a joint burden laid upon us all.      --shak.
      1913 webster

   joint committee parliamentary practice, a committee
      composed of members of the two houses of a legislative
      body, for the appointment of which concurrent resolutions
      of the two houses are necessary. --cushing.

   joint meeting, or joint session, the meeting or session
      of two distinct bodies as one; as, a joint meeting of
      committees representing different corporations; a joint
      session of both branches of a state legislature to chose a
      united states senator. "such joint meeting shall not be
      dissolved until the electoral votes are all counted and
      the result declared." --joint rules of congress, u. s.

   joint resolution parliamentary practice, a resolution
      adopted concurrently by the two branches of a legislative
      body. "by the constitution of the united states and the
      rules of the two houses, no absolute distinction is made
      between bills and joint resolutions." --barclay digest.

   joint rule parliamentary practice, a rule of proceeding
      adopted by the concurrent action of both branches of a
      legislative assembly. "resolved, by the house of
      representatives the senate concurring, that the
      sixteenth and seventeenth joint rules be suspended for the
      remainder of the session." --journal h. of r., u. s.

   joint and several law, a phrase signifying that the debt,
      credit, obligation, etc., to which it is applied is held
      in such a way that the parties in interest are engaged
      both together and individually thus a joint and several
      debt is one for which all the debtors may be sued together
      or either of them individually; used especially in the
      phrase joint and several liability.

   joint stock, stock held in company.

   joint-stock company law, a species of partnership,
      consisting generally of a large number of members, having
      a capital divided, or agreed to be divided, into shares,
      the shares owned by any member being usually transferable
      without the consent of the rest.

   joint tenancy law, a tenure by two or more persons of
      estate by unity of interest, title, time, and possession,
      under which the survivor takes the whole. --blackstone.

   joint tenant law, one who holds an estate by joint
      tenancy. contrassted with tenant in common.
      1913 webster
see also:
join joint committee joint meeting joint session joint resolution joint rule 
joint and several joint stock joint-stock company joint tenancy joint tenant 
tenant in common 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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
see also:
jointed jointing 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

joint \joint\, v. i.
   to fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do; as, the
   stones joint, neatly.
   1913 webster

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

joint
     adj 1: united or combined; "a joint session of congress"; "joint
            owners" ant: separate
     2: affecting or involving two or more; "joint income-tax
        return"; "joint ownership"
     3: involving both houses of a legislature; "a joint session of
        congress"
     n 1: anatomy the point of connection between two bones or
          elements of a skeleton especially if the articulation
          allows motion syn: articulation, articulatio
     2: a disreputable place of entertainment
     3: the shape or manner in which things come together and a
        connection is made syn: articulation, join, juncture,
         junction
     4: a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for
        slicing into more than one portion syn: roast
     5: junction by which parts or objects are joined together
     6: marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking syn: marijuana
        cigarette, reefer, stick, spliff
     v 1: fit as if by joints; "the boards fit neatly"
     2: provide with a joint; "the carpenter jointed two pieces of
        wood" syn: articulate
     3: fasten with a joint
     4: separate meat at the joint
see also:
separate articulation articulatio join juncture junction 
roast marijuana cigarette reefer stick spliff 
articulate 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

418 moby thesaurus words for "joint":
   babylon, det, dmt, gomorrah, lsd, mary jane, stp, sodom, thc,
   abutment, abysm, abyss, accessory, accompanying, accordant,
   accumulated, acid, agglomerate, aggregate, agreeing, amalgamated,
   amassed, ankle, antidepressant, appendage, arm, arroyo, articulate,
   articulation, aspic, assembled, assimilated, associate, associated,
   at one with, ataractic, attendant, attending, bagnio, barbecue,
   batten, batten down, bawdyhouse, betting house, betting parlor,
   blended, boiled meat, bolt, bordello, bough, bouilli, boundary,
   box canyon, branch, breach, break, brothel, buckle, bunched,
   bundled, butt, button, canyon, casino, cathouse, cavity, cervix,
   chap, chasm, check, chimney, chink, civet, clasp, cleat, cleft,
   cleuch, clinch, clip, clip joint, closure, clough, clumped,
   clustered, coacting, coactive, coadjutant, coadjuvant, coadunate,
   coefficient, coincident, col, collaborative, collateral, collected,
   collective, collectivist, collectivistic, collusive, combinative,
   combinatory, combined, combining, commensal, common, communal,
   communalist, communalistic, communist, communistic, communitarian,
   commutual, compact, comprehensive, concerted, concomitant,
   concordant, concourse, concurrent, concurring, confluence,
   conglomerate, congregate, congregated, conjoint, conjugate,
   conjunct, conjunctive, connecting link, connecting rod, connection,
   connective, conniving, consilient, consolidated, conspiratorial,
   cooperant, cooperating, cooperative, coordinate, corporate,
   correlative, coulee, couloir, coupled, coupling, coworking, crack,
   cranny, crevasse, crevice, crib, crux, cumulate, cut, cwm, defile,
   dell, den, den of iniquity, den of thieves, den of vice,
   diethyltryptamine, dike, dimethyltryptamine, disorderly house,
   ditch, dive, donga, dovetail, draw, dump, eclectic, ecumenic,
   elbow, embrace, excavation, fascicled, fasciculated, fault, fellow,
   fissure, flat, flaw, flesh, fleshpots, flume, forcemeat, fracture,
   furrow, fused, gage, gambling den, gambling hall, gambling hell,
   gambling house, game, gaming house, ganja, gap, gape, gash,
   gathered, general, gliding joint, glomerate, gorge, grass, groove,
   gulch, gulf, gully, gyp joint, hachis, hallucinogen, hand, hangout,
   harmonious, harmonized, hash, hashish, hasp, hay, heaped, hell,
   hellhole, hemp, hinge, hinged joint, hip, hitch, hole, honky-tonk,
   hook, house of assignation, house of joy, house of prostitution,
   imp, in common, in session, incision, inclusive, incorporated,
   integrated, interconnection, interface, intersection, jam, jerky,
   join, joined, joining, jugged hare, junction, juncture, kava,
   kloof, knee, knotted, knuckle, lair, latch, leagued, leak, leg,
   limb, link, lobe, lobule, lock, lumped, marijuana, massed, meat,
   meeting, member, menue viande, merged, mescal, mescal bean,
   mescal button, mescaline, mince, mind-altering drug,
   mind-blowing drug, mind-expanding drug, miter, mixed, moat,
   morning glory seeds, mortise, mutual, nail, neck, noncompetitive,
   notch, nullah, offshoot, one, opening, organ, packaged, paired,
   panel den, panel house, parallel, parasitic, pass, passage, peg,
   pemmican, peyote, piled, pin, pinion, pivot, pivot joint, poolroom,
   popular, pot, pot roast, psilocin, psilocybin, psychedelic,
   psychic energizer, psychoactive drug, psychochemical,
   psychotomimetic, public, rabbet, ramification, ravine, reciprocal,
   red-light district, reefer, rent, respective, rift, rime, rivet,
   roach, roast, runner, rupture, saprophytic, sausage meat, scarf,
   scion, scissure, scrapple, screw, seam, sew, shared, shoulder,
   simultaneous, sink, sink of corruption, sink of iniquity, skewer,
   slit, slot, snap, social, socialistic, societal, split,
   sporting house, spray, sprig, spur, stacked, staple, stew, stews,
   stick, stitch, suture, switch, symbiotic, symphysis, syncretistic,
   syncretized, synergetic, synergic, synergistic, synthesized, tack,
   tail, tea, tenderloin, tendril, tie, tie rod, toggle, toggle joint,
   tranquilizer, trench, twig, twin, two-way, uncompetitive, union,
   united, uniting, valley, venison, viande, void, wadi, wedge, weed,
   weld, whorehouse, wing, wrapped up, wrist, zipper

[7] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

joint. united, not separate; as, joint action, or one which is brought by 
several persons acting together; joint bond, a bond given by two or more 
obligors. 

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