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unˈjoint, v.
[un-2 3.]
1. trans. To sever the joints of; to disjoint, to dislocate.
1390Gower Conf. II. 10, I wolde I were unjoynted Of every lime. a1547Surrey in Tottel's Misc. (Arb.) 17 Vnhappy hand, it had been happy time for me, If..vnioynted hadst thou be. 1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. ii. 115 Like to the partes of a house vnioynted and fallen downe. 1579Spenser Sheph. Cal. Mar. 52 Thilke same vnhappye Ewe..vnioynted both her bones. 1609Holland Amm. Marcell. 161 This old Ram, being unjoynted and taken in pieces, for easier carriage. 1646Fuller Wounded Consc. 101 In case his Leg be set, he flings, flounces, and flies out, unjoynting it again. 1723Pres. St. Russia I. 63 The Houses..are wholly made of Timber notched in on the four Corners, which they can unjoint in a few Hours. 1762Phil. Trans. LII. 509 Hence it proceeded up the nave..to the pulpit, which it unjointed. a1878W. Carleton Farm Ballads (1893) 84 The mechanic Had well-nigh unjointed the stove-pipe. 1903A. Adams Log Cowboy xi, The steer's leg had been unjointed in swinging him around.
†b. To carve (spec. a curlew or bittern). Obs.
c1470Hors, Shepe & G. (Roxb.) 33 A curlew unioynted. 1508W. de Worde Bk. Keruynge B j b, Vnioint that bytture. [Hence in later works.]1821G. Lamb Catullus I. 139 Let me see a fowl unjointed, When your table next is spread.
2. fig. To sever, separate, disunite.
1561Norton & Sackv. Gorboduc i. i, Eche chaunge of course vnioynts the whole estate. 1577Hanmer Anc. Eccl. Hist. 239 In as much as the subtletye of sophisters, fonde quirckes,..seuered also, and as it were vnioynted the membres of Christ. 1612Donne Progr. Soule, 2nd Anniv. 133 None can these lines or quantities unjoynt, And say this is a line, or this a point. 1624Middleton Game at Chess iv. ii, Hast thou..Unjointed the fair frame of peace? 1671Milton Samson 177, I hear the sound of words, thir sense the air Dissolves unjointed e're it reach my ear.
3. intr. To come asunder.
1826Acc. Loss Wesleyan Missionaries (ed. 2) 18 The wreck began to unjoint.
Hence unˈjointed (also 6 vnioynte) ppl. a.
1541R. Copland Guydon's Quest. Chirurg. L iv b, To stay and conpryme the places dissolued, and confort the natural heate of the membre vnioynte. 1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. i. 54 In a ruine they sought for an vpright building, and for strong ioyntes in an vnioynted ouerthrow. 1591Florio 2nd Fruites 129 Shee is some what crooke backt, shee hath one shoulder vnioynted. 1614Raleigh Hist. World Pref. A j, The unioynted and scattered frame of our English affaires. |