Girdle vs Joint - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between girdle and joint

is that girdle is that which girds, encircles, or encloses; a circumference while joint is marijuana cigarette; joint.

As a verb girdle

is to gird, encircle, or constrain by such means.

girdle

English

Noun

(en noun)

That which girds, encircles, or encloses; a circumference

* Shakespeare

within the girdle of these walls

A belt or elasticated corset; especially, a belt, sash, or article of dress encircling the body usually at the waist, often used to support stockings or hosiery.

* Bible, Revelations xv. 6

their breasts girded with golden girdles

The zodiac; also, the equator.

* Campbell

that gems the starry girdle of the year

* Cowper

from the world's girdle to the frozen pole

(Francis Bacon)

The line of greatest circumference of a diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting.

(Knight)

(mining) A thin bed or stratum of stone.

(Raymond)

The clitellum of an earthworm.

(Scottish, Northern English)

Verb

(girdl)

To gird, encircle, or constrain by such means.

To kill or stunt a tree by removing or inverting a ring of bark.

Anagrams

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joint

English

(wikipedia joint)

Adjective

(-)

Done by two or more people or organisations working together.

The play was a joint production between the two companies.

* Shakespeare

A joint burden laid upon us all.

Derived terms

* joint effort * joint venture * joint-stock company * joint will

Noun

(en noun)

The point where two components of a structure join, but are still able to rotate.

This rod is free to swing at the joint with the platform.

The point where two components of a structure join rigidly.

The water is leaking out of the joint between the two pipes.

(anatomy) Any part of the body where two bones join, in most cases allowing that part of the body to be bent or straightened.

The means of securing together the meeting surfaces of components of a structure.

The dovetail joint , while more difficult to make, is also quite strong.

A cut of meat.

Set the joint in a roasting tin and roast for the calculated cooking time.

The part or space included between two joints, knots, nodes, or articulations.

a joint''' of cane or of a grass stem; a '''joint of the leg

(geology) A fracture in which the strata are not offset; a geologic joint.

A restaurant, bar, nightclub or similar business.

It was the kind of joint you wouldn't want your boss to see you in.

(slang) (always with "the" ) prison

I'm just trying to stay out of the joint .

(slang) A marijuana cigarette.

After locking the door and closing the shades, they lit the joint .

Synonyms

* hinge, pivot * (marijuana cigarette) See also

Derived terms

* case the joint * dovetail joint * flexible joint * miter joint * jointed * out of joint * rigid joint * universal joint * control joint * butt joint

Verb

(en verb)

To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together

to joint' boards, a ' jointing plane

* (rfdate), (Alexander Pope)

Pierced through the yielding planks of jointed wood.

* '>citation

To join; to connect; to unite; to combine.

* (rfdate), (William Shakespeare)

Jointing their force 'gainst Caesar.

To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate.

* (rfdate) (Ray)

The fingers are jointed together for motion.

To separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as meat.

* (rfdate) (Dryden)

He joints the neck.

* (rfdate) (Holland)

Quartering, jointing , seething, and roasting.

To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do.

the stones joint , neatly.

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