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Jointer   Listen
noun
Jointer  n.  
1.
One who, or that which, joints.
2.
A plane for smoothing the surfaces of pieces which are to be accurately joined; especially:
(a)
The longest plane used by a joiner.
(b)
(Coopering) A long stationary plane, for planing the edges of barrel staves.
3.
(Masonry)
(a)
A bent piece of iron inserted to strengthen the joints of a wall.
(b)
A tool for pointing the joints in brickwork.





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"Jointer" Quotes from Famous Books



... out our plans with compass and rule? We must be arithmeticians and geometricians of no mean attainments, how else can we adapt the proportion and size of the cask to the measure of its contents? Ay, sir, my heart laughs in my body when we've bravely laboured at the staves with jointer and adze and have gotten a brave cask in the vice; and then when my journeymen swing their mallets and down it comes on the drivers clipp! clapp! clipp! clapp!—that's merry music for you; and there stands your well-made cask. And of a ...
— Weird Tales, Vol. II. • E. T. A. Hoffmann


Words linked to "Jointer" :   long plane, carpenter's plane, jointing plane


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