The fingers are jointed together for motion.
Ray.
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.
Holland.
Joint, v. i. To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do; as, the
stones joint, neatly.
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.
Joint"er (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, joints.
2. A plane for smoothing the surfaces of pieces which are to be
accurately joined; especially: (a) The longest plane used by a joiner.
(b) (Coopering) A long stationary plane, for planing the edges of
barrel staves.
3. (Masonry) (a) A bent piece of iron inserted to strengthen the joints
of a wall. (b) A tool for pointing the joints in brickwork.
Joint"-fir` (?), n. (Bot.) A genus (Ephedra) of leafless shrubs, with
the stems conspicuously jointed; -- called also shrubby horsetail.
There are about thirty species, of which two or three are found from
Texas to California.
Joint"ing, n. The act or process of making a joint; also, the joints
thus produced.
Jointing machine, a planing machine for wood used in furniture and
piano factories, etc. -- Jointing plane. See Jointer, 2. -- Jointing
rule (Masonry), a long straight rule, used by bricklayers for securing
straight joints and faces.
Joint"less, a. Without a joint; rigid; stiff.
Joint"ly, adv. In a joint manner; together; unitedly; in concert; not
separately.
Then jointly to the ground their knees they bow.
Shak.
Joint"ress (?), n. (Law) A woman who has a jointure. [Written also
jointuress.] Blackstone.
Join"ture (?), n. [F. jointure a joint, orig., a joining, L. junctura,
fr. jungere to join. See Join, and cf. Juncture.]