单词 | jointing |
释义 | jointingn. The action of joint v. 1. a. The action of connecting or uniting by a joint; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [noun] > state or action of being jointed or jointing > connecting by a joint jointing1642 articulating1757 1642 T. Fuller Holy State ii. x. 90 An excellent Chirurgeon he was at joynting of a broken soul. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 28 Aug. 8/1 The old piles..showing the tool marks and evidences of morticing and jointing. b. concrete. The structure of a joint or junction. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [noun] > a join or junction > the structure of a junction jointing1668 1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) i. iii. 6 It defends the ends of Gristles, the Joyntings of the greater Bones. 1696 J. Edwards Demonstr. Existence God ii. v. 94 Their Joyntings and Closures are wonderful. 1833 Act 3 & 4 William IV c. 46 §116 The said Commissioners shall..form the jointing with the other pipes to be added thereto with proper and sufficient materials. 1885 Athenæum 22 Aug. 247/2 Another wall..of fine squared white stone drafted at the jointings, so that it looks panelled. 2. The action of dividing at the joints, or into ‘joints’; dismemberment, disjointing. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or breaking up into constituent parts > [noun] > taking apart unknittingc1384 unstriking1567 jointing1591 disassembly1894 disassemblage1899 strip-down1950 1591 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. I. 233 Thair taking vp the bwreit people, and junting of thame, quhairof scho maid inchantit powder for Witchcraft. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 750 About cutting it up, quartering, jointing, seething and rosting. 3. The formation of joints or cleavage planes in rocks, etc.; the nature or arrangement of these. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > tectonization or diastrophism > [noun] > jointing jointing1698 1698 T. Molyneux in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 217 The universal Jointing of the whole Causway, is certainly otherwise. 1784 J. Twamley Dairying Exemplified 27 [The cheese] when released from the Press, will heave, or puff up, by Splitting or Jointing, according as the Nature or State of the Curd happens to be. 1865 A. Geikie Scenery & Geol. Scotl. vi. 119 In one part the solid granite is only beginning to show its lines of jointing. Compounds attributive and in other combinations. jointing box n. ΚΠ 1900 Daily News 10 May 6/4 Jointing boxes and aigrettes used in the re-arrangement of the lightning conductors of St. Paul's Cathedral. jointing-plane n. (a) a plane of ‘jointing’ or fissure, as in a rock; (b) = jointer n.2 1a. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > shaping tools or equipment > plane > [noun] > jointing-plane jointer1654 jointer-plane1823 jointing-plane1854 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > discontinuity or unconformity > [noun] > joint > plane jointing-plane1854 joint-plane1855 1854 J. D. Hooker Himalayan Jrnls. I. xvii. 406 Whose surfaces are no doubt, cleavage and jointing planes. 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Jointing-plane, a plane with a long stock, used to true the edges of boards or staves which are to be accurately fitted together. jointing-rule n. a long flat ruler used for guiding the jointer (jointer n.2 1b) in marking the joints of brickwork. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for marking out work > [noun] > others jointing-rule1700 tracing-pin1712 pitch-board1733 skirret1825 odontograph1838 bevelling-board1850 fencing-gauge1874 tingle1886 shadow-stick1900 society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > [noun] > masons' and bricklayers' tools > for marking or filling joints jointer1700 jointing-rule1700 Frenchman1885 grouter1961 1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 11 A Jointing Rule..whereby to run the long Joints of the Brick-work. 1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 386 The Jointing-Rule is about eight or ten feet long, and about four inches broad. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1591 |
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