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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
jointed
    adj 1: having joints or jointed segments;

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Joint \Joint\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jointed; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Jointing.]
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   1. To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare
      so as to fit together; as, to joint boards.
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            Pierced through the yielding planks of jointed wood.
                                                  --Pope.
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   2. To join; to connect; to unite; to combine.
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            Jointing their force 'gainst Caesar.  --Shak.
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   3. To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate.
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            The fingers are jointed together for motion. --Ray.
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   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.
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            Quartering, jointing, seething, and roasting.
                                                  --Holland.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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