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Disjointing

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Disjoint \Dis*joint"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disjointed}; p. pr.
   & vb. n. {Disjointing}.]
   1. To separate the joints of; to separate, as parts united by
      joints; to put out of joint; to force out of its socket;
      to dislocate; as, to disjoint limbs; to disjoint bones; to
      disjoint a fowl in carving.

            Yet what could swords or poisons, racks or flame,
            But mangle and disjoint the brittle frame? --Prior.

   2. To separate at junctures or joints; to break where parts
      are united; to break in pieces; as, disjointed columns; to
      disjoint and edifice.

            Some half-ruined wall Disjointed and about to fall.
                                                  --Longfellow.

   3. To break the natural order and relations of; to make
      incoherent; as, a disjointed speech.
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