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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Joint \Joint\, verb (used with an object) [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. --Pope.
2. To join; to connect; to unite; to combine.
Jointing their force 'gainst C[ae]sar. --Shak.
3. To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate.
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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Jointing \Joint"ing\, noun 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.
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