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limb | joint |

As nouns the difference between limb and joint

is that limb is a major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm, leg or wing) or limb can be (astronomy) the apparent visual edge of a celestial body while joint is marijuana cigarette; joint.

As a verb limb

is to remove the limbs from an animal or tree.

limb

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) lim, from (etyl) . The silent -b began to appear in the late 1500s.

Noun

(en noun)
  • A major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm, leg or wing).
  • *
  • *:Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed, comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, withon one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust from which gnarled and rusty stalks thrust themselves up like withered elfin limbs .
  • A branch of a tree.
  • (lb) The part of the bow, from the handle to the tip.
  • (lb) The border or upper spreading part of a monopetalous corolla, or of a petal or sepal; blade.
  • (lb) The border or edge of the disk of a heavenly body, especially of the sun or moon.
  • The graduated margin of an arc or circle in an instrument for measuring angles.
  • An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock.
  • A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else.
  • *Sir (Walter Scott) (1771-1832)
  • *:That little limb of the devil has cheated the gallows.
    • Derived terms
    * go out on a limb

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To remove the limbs from an animal or tree.
    • They limbed the felled trees before cutting them into logs.
  • To supply with limbs.
  • * , Walden :
    • Man was not made so large limbed and robust but that he must seek to narrow his world and wall in a space such as fitted him.
    (Milton)
    Synonyms
    * delimb

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) limbus , "border".

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (astronomy) The apparent visual edge of a celestial body.
    • solar limb
  • (on a measuring instrument) The graduated edge of a circle or arc.

    • See also

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    * English terms with multiple etymologies

    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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