Spider vs Joint - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between spider and joint

is that spider is any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order araneae , most of which spin webs to catch prey while joint is marijuana cigarette; joint.

As a verb spider

is (internet|of a computer program) to follow links on the world wide web in order to gather information.

spider

English

Noun

(en noun)

Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae , most of which spin webs to catch prey.

(Internet) A program which follows links on the World Wide Web in order to gather information.

(chiefly, Australia, and, New Zealand) A float (drink) made by mixing ice-cream and a soda or fizzy drink (such as lemonade).

* 2002', Katharine Gasparini, ''Cranberry and vanilla ice cream '''spider'' , recipe in ''Cool Food , page 339.

(slang) A spindly person.

(slang) A man who persistently approaches or accosts a woman in a public social setting, particularly in a bar.

(snooker, billiards) A stick with a convex arch-shaped notched head used to support the cue when the cue ball is out of reach at normal extension; a bridge.

(cookware, US, UK, historical) A cast-iron frying pan with three legs, once common in open-hearth cookery.

* 1846 , Mary Hooker Cornelius, The Young Housekeeper's Friend , page 146, recipe 28 “To fry salt pork”:

Cut slices and lay them in cold water in the spider'; boil them up two or three minutes, then pour off the water and set the ' spider again on the coals and brown the slices on each side.

* 2005 , Marty Davidson, Grandma Grace's Southern Favorites , recipe for “strawberry coconuts”, Rutledge Hill Press, ISBN 1-4016-0219-3, page 193:

In spider pan or deep skillet set over hot coals, quickly fry a few at a time in deep lard until brown.

* 2008 , Corona Club (San Francisco, California), Corona Club Cook Book , page 202,

Melt ½ the dry sugar in the spider , stirring with knife until all is melted.

(cookware) Implement for moving food in and out of hot oil for deep frying, with a circular metal mesh attached to a long handle.

* 1996 , City and Guilds of London Institute, Food preparation and cooking. Cookery units. Student guide. , Stanley Thornes, ISBN 0-7487-2566-0, unit 2ND5, element 2, page 157:

If you are deep-frying your falafel, use a spider or basket to place them gently into the hot oil, which should be preheated to a temperature of 175°C (330°F).

* 2008 , Anna Kasabian and David Kasabian, The Wild Fish Cookbook , Creative Publishing International, ISBN 1-58923-317-4, page 84:

Consider investing in a frying basket or a spider' for small amounts of fish. A ' spider looks like a metal web and has a long handle and can lower and raise fish from the hot oil.

A part of a crank, to which the chainrings are attached

(slang) Heroin (street drug).

(music) Part of a resonator instrument that transmits string vibrations from the bridge to a resonator cone at multiple points.

A skeleton or frame with radiating arms or members, often connected by crosspieces, such as a casting forming the hub and spokes to which the rim of a fly wheel or large gear is bolted; the body of a piston head; or a frame for strengthening a core or mould for a casting.

Derived terms

* (assassin spider) * (coconut spider) * (pelican spider) * spiderdom * spidership * spidery

Verb

(en verb)

(Internet, of a computer program) to follow links on the World Wide Web in order to gather information.

''The online dictionary is regularly spidered by search engines.

Derived terms

* Web spidering

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.

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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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