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<hw>Join</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To be contiguous, close, or in contact; to come together; to unite; to mingle; to form a union; <as>as, the hones of the skull <ex>join</ex>; two rivers <ex>join</ex>.</as></def>

<blockquote>Whose house <b>joined</b> hard to the synagogue. <i>Acts xviii. 7.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Should we again break thy commandments, and <b>join</b> in affinity with the people of these abominations? <i>Ezra ix. 14.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Nature and fortune <b>joined</b> to make thee great. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Join</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>The line joining two points; the point common to two intersecting lines.</def>

<i>Henrici.</i>

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<hw>Join"ant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OF. & F. <ets>joignant</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>joindre</ets> to join.]</ety> <def>Adjoining.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

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<hw>Join"der</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>joindre</ets>. See <er>Join</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of joining; a putting together; conjunction.</def>

<blockquote>Confirmed by mutual <b>joinder</b> of your hands. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A joining of parties as plaintiffs or defendants in a suit.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Acceptance of an issue tendered in law or fact.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A joining of causes of action or defense in civil suits or criminal prosecutions.</def>

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<hw>Join"er</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who, or that which, joins.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One whose occupation is to construct articles by joining pieces of wood; a mechanic who does the woodwork (as doors, stairs, etc.) necessary for the finishing of buildings.</def> "One Snug, the <i>joiner</i>."

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A wood-working machine, for sawing, plaining, mortising, tenoning, grooving, etc.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- See <er>Carpenter</er>.</syn>

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<hw>Join"er*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The art, or trade, of a joiner; the work of a joiner.</def>

<blockquote>A piece of <b>joinery</b> . . . whimsically dovetailed. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Join"hand`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Writing in which letters are joined in words; -- distinguished from writing in single letters.</def>

<i>Addison.</i>

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