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▪ I. † disˈjoint, n. Obs.
[a. OF. desjointe, disjointe separation, division, rupture (Godef.):—L. type *disjuncta, fem. n. from disjunctus pa. pple., analogous to ns. in -ata, -ada, -ade, F. -ée: see -ade. This takes the place in part of L. disjunctio.]
A disjointed or out-of-joint condition; a position of perplexity or difficulty; a dilemma, ‘fix’.
c1374Chaucer Troylus iii. 447 (496) What wyght þat stont in swych disioynte. 1430Lydg. Chron. Troy i. v, And thus amiddes of either of these twaine Of loue and shame euen so vpon the poynt Medea stode as tho in great disioynt. 1494Fabyan Chron. vii. 309 The which [warre], at that tyme, was in suche disjoynte, that he cowde not brynge it to any frame. 1553Douglas' æneis xii. xiii. 30 Thou mycht quhil now haue cachit at disioynt [MS. 1513 disiunct] The sylly Troianis baith be se and land.
▪ II. disˈjoint, ppl. a.
[a. OF. desjoint (:— L. disjunct-us), pa. pple. of desjoindre to disjoin.]
†1. Obs. Disjointed, out of joint; disconnected.
c1420Pallad. on Husb. viii. 164 That sensis spille or pointe disjoynt be therynne Is not my wille. 1602Shakes. Ham. i. ii. 20 Thinking by our late deere Brothers death, Our State to be disioynt, and out of Frame. a1717Parnell David (Seager), My bones..Disjoint with anguish.
†2. Obs. In a dilemma, in a difficult position. (Cf. disjoint n.)
c1500Lancelot 2907 For well ȝhe se the perell, how disio[i]nt The adwentur now stondith one the point Boith of my lord his honore, and his lond.
†3. Obs. Disjoined, separated; separate.
1589P. Ive Fortif. 37 Because of it [= its] disioint standing from the wall which causeth sharpnes. 1649Milton Eikon. iv. (1851) 359 Carrying on a disjoynt and privat interest of his own. 1660H. More Myst. Godliness 31 The disjoint and independent particles of Matter.
b. quasi-adv. Apart, asunder.
c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode ii. cxlviii. (1869) 135 The sawe is cleped Hayne [hatred]; bi which disioynct is ysawed the onhede of bretherhede.
4. Of two or more sets of elements: having no elements in common.
1937Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. XLI. 397 Two disjoint closed sets. 1941Birkhoff & MacLane Survey Mod. Algebra vi. 141 Any product of disjoint cycles represents a permutation. 1968P. M. Postal Aspects Phonol. Theory i. 7 No doubt most linguists would immediately argue that these sets are disjoint. 1972Computer Jrnl. XV. 229/2 The alphabets 1, 2, 3, and 4 are mutually disjoint. 1978Language LIV. 188 HDCU is of potential interest not only to those who are uneasy about their linguistic credentials.., but also to students of language — not to imply that these two sets are disjoint.
▪ III. disjoint, v.|dɪsˈdʒɔɪnt|
Also 6–7 -ioinct.
[orig. f. disjoint ppl. a. (cf. -ate3); but in some uses treated as f. joint n.]
1. trans. To put out of joint; to disturb, destroy the due connexion and orderly arrangement of; to dislocate, wrench, dismember. (Cf. disjoint a. 1.)
c1420Pallad. on Husb. i. 873 Thi wortes that the wermes not disyoint [destruant]. 1541R. Copland Guydon's Quest. Chirurg., Vpon the rybbes & lyke bones for to reduce and retourne them in to theyr places, whan they are broken or dysioynted. 1605Camden Rem. (1637) 72 Giles, is miserably disjoynted from ægidius, as Gillet from ægidia, by the French. 1648Sanderson Serm. II. 226 If our spirits..be shattered and dis-joynted, through distrust in God. 1860Pusey Min. Proph. 347 Selfishness..disjoints the whole frame of society. a1862Buckle Civiliz. (1869) III. v. 377 The framework of affairs would be disjointed.
†b. fig. To distract. Obs.
1628Earle Microcosm., Meere Formall Man (Arb.) 30 He is not disiointed with other Meditations.
c. fig. To throw the parts (of anything) out of orderly connexion; to dislocate.
1638Chillingw. Relig. Prot. i. vi. §44. 364 Your discourse upon this point, you have..disjoynted, and given us the grounds of it in the begining of the Chapter, and the superstructure..in the end. 1770Gibbon Misc. Wks. (1814) IV. 504 It is..disagreeable..to observe a lyric writer of taste..disjointing the order of his ideas. 1834H. N. Coleridge Grk. Poets (ed. 2) 55 Their collocation having been disjointed by time.
2. To disjoin, disunite.
1583Stanyhurst Aeneis iii. (Arb.) 83 The sea..rusht in..Italye disioyncting with short streicts from Sicil Island. 1601Bp. W. Barlow Defence 126 The elect members of Christ can never be disjointed from him. 1650Fuller Pisgah ii. vii. 164 Except..some part of Asher lay south⁓ward at distance, dis-jointed from the main body of that Tribe. 1759Hist. in Ann. Reg. 32/2 According as it is possessed by the English or the French, [it] connects or disjoints the colonies of Canada and Louisiana. 1775T. Jefferson Let. Writ. 1892 I. 484 Great Britain, disjointed from her colonies. 1851Robertson Serm. Ser. iii. xi. 134 Unite these all and then you have the Reformation.. Disjoint them and then you have some miserable sect.
3. To separate joint from joint; to take in pieces at the joints.
1587J. Harmar Beza's Serm. 384 (T.) As for his coach..he would not only have it to be unharnissed as I said..but also unpinned, disjointed, and pulled asunder. 1649Lovelace Poems (1864) 44 Like watches by unskilfull men Disjoynted, and set ill againe. 1832Lytton Eugene A. i. ix, The corporal began to disjoint his rod.
absol.1712Steele Spect. No. 473 A good Carver..cuts up, disjoints, and uncases with incomparable Dexterity.
4. intr. (for refl.) To be disjointed; to suffer dislocation; to go out of joint; to come in pieces.
1605Shakes. Macb. iii. ii. 16 Let the frame of things disioynt. 1888Harper's Mag. Apr. 741 A hundred cottages overturn..quiver, disjoint. 1890Constance Smith Riddle L. Haviland I. ii. ix. 303 Neither will the great scheme of things disjoint, because your lover has left you.
Hence disˈjointing vbl. n.
1598Florio, Disgiontione, a disioining, a disiointing. 1612Woodall Surg. Mate Wks. (1653) 149 The disjoynting of the bones. a1715Burnet Own Time (1823) I. 546 Those unhappy jealousies, which began a disjointing between the king and his people. 1794Sullivan View Nat. II. 90 Even strong towers are made to vibrate several inches, without any disjointing of the mortar. |