Joint, subst. 1) a juncture of parts admitting of motion, articulation, hinge: “a scaly gauntlet with --s of steel,” H4B I, 1, 146. “this broken j. between you and her husband entreat her to splinter,” Oth. II, 3, 328. Especially the articulation of limbs: “her --s forget to bow,” Ven. 1061. “suppler --s,” Tp. III, 3, 107. “grind their --s,” IV, 259. “we'll touse you j. by j.” Meas. V, 314. R2 III, 3, 75. V, 3, 98. H4B I, 1, 140. Rom. IV, 5, 25. Tim. I, 1, 257. out of j. == dislocated: H4B V, 4, 3. Troil. I, 2, 28. Hml. I, 5, 188.
2) limb: “my --s did tremble,” Ven. 642. “will not my frail --s shake,” Lucr. 227. Lucr. 227 “because of his great limb or j.” LLL V, 1, 135. “clap their female --s in stiff unwieldy arms,” R2 III, 2, 114. “this festered j. cut off,” V, 3, 85. V, 3, 85 H4A IV, 1, 83. H5 IV, 3, 123. H6B III, 2, 319. Troil. I, 3, 238. IV, 1, 29. IV, 5, 57. IV, 5, 57 Tit. II, 3, 212. Rom. III, 5, 154. IV, 3, 51. V, 3, 35. Quibbling: “he hath the --s of every thing, but every thing so out of j.” Troil. I, 2, 28. “the elephant hath --s, but none for courtesy: his legs are legs for necessity, not for flexure,” II, 3, 113.
3) the limb of an animal cut up by the butcher: “a j. of mutton,” H4B II, 4, 375. V, 1, 28. “if I have bargained for the j.” Per. IV, 2, 141.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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