J — Jocantry to Joint (Part 7 of 7)

the survivor takes the whole. Blackstone. — Joint tenant (Law), one who holds an estate by joint tenancy.

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.

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

Jointing their force 'gainst Cæsar.

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

The fingers are jointed together for motion.

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.

Joint
(Joint), v. i. To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do; as, the stones joint, neatly.