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      ],
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    },
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          }
        }
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        "il": "plural",
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      }
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                            "t": "the hip {wi}joint{/wi}"
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                        "t": "a {wi}joint{/wi} between two pieces of timber"
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                "sn": "b",
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                  ]
                ]
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                "sn": "c",
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              "sense",
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                    "text",
                    "{bc}the flexing part of a cover along either spine edge of a book"
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                  ]
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              "sense",
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                "sn": "f",
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                    "text",
                    "{bc}a union formed by two {d_link|abutting|abut} rails in a track including the elements (such as bars and bolts) necessary to hold the abutting rails together"
                  ]
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              "sense",
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                "sn": "g",
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                  ]
                ]
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            ]
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              "sense",
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                "sn": "3 a",
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                    "text",
                    "{bc}a shabby or disreputable place of entertainment "
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                    "vis",
                    [
                      {
                        "t": "a cheap {wi}joint{/wi}"
                      }
                    ]
                  ]
                ]
              }
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              "sense",
              {
                "sn": "b",
                "dt": [
                  [
                    "text",
                    "{bc}{sx|place||}, {sx|establishment||} "
                  ],
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                    [
                      {
                        "t": "a hamburger {wi}joint{/wi}"
                      }
                    ]
                  ]
                ]
              }
            ],
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              "sense",
              {
                "sn": "c",
                "sls": [
                  "slang"
                ],
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                  [
                    "text",
                    "{bc}{sx|prison||2} "
                  ],
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                    "vis",
                    [
                      {
                        "t": "spent five years in the {wi}joint{/wi}"
                      }
                    ]
                  ]
                ]
              }
            ]
          ],
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            [
              "sense",
              {
                "sn": "4",
                "dt": [
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                    "text",
                    "{bc}a marijuana cigarette "
                  ],
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                    "vis",
                    [
                      {
                        "t": "smoking a {wi}joint{/wi}"
                      }
                    ]
                  ]
                ]
              }
            ]
          ],
          [
            [
              "sense",
              {
                "sn": "5",
                "sls": [
                  "chiefly British"
                ],
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                  [
                    "text",
                    "{bc}a large piece of meat for roasting "
                  ],
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                    "vis",
                    [
                      {
                        "t": "a {wi}joint{/wi} of beef"
                      }
                    ]
                  ]
                ]
              }
            ]
          ]
        ]
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        "ure": "joint*ed",
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          {
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              "ref": "c",
              "stat": "1"
            }
          }
        ],
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      },
      {
        "ure": "joint*ed*ly",
        "fl": "adverb"
      },
      {
        "ure": "joint*ed*ness",
        "fl": "noun"
      }
    ],
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      {
        "drp": "out of joint",
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                  "sense",
                  {
                    "sn": "1 a",
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                      "of a bone"
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                        "{bc}having the head slipped from its socket"
                      ]
                    ]
                  }
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                  "sense",
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                    "sn": "b",
                    "dt": [
                      [
                        "text",
                        "{bc}at variance"
                      ]
                    ]
                  }
                ]
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                  "sense",
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                    "sn": "2 a",
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                      ]
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                  }
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                  "sense",
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                    "sn": "b",
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                        "text",
                        "{bc}being out of humor {bc}{sx|dissatisfied||} "
                      ],
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                            "t": "losing put him {it}out of joint{/it}"
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                  }
                ]
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          }
        ]
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        "text",
        "Middle English {it}jointe{/it}, from Anglo-French, from {it}joindre{/it} {dx_ety}see {dxt|join:1||}{/dx_ety}"
      ]
    ],
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      "the point of contact between elements of an animal skeleton with the parts that surround and support it",
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    ]
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      "hw": "joint"
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                "sn": "1",
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                    "text",
                    "{bc}{sx|united||}, {sx|combined||} "
                  ],
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                    "vis",
                    [
                      {
                        "t": "the {wi}joint{/wi} influences of culture and climate"
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                  ]
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            ]
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              "sense",
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                "sn": "3",
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                    "{bc}united, {a_link|joined}, or sharing with another (as in a right or status) "
                  ],
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                    "vis",
                    [
                      {
                        "t": "{wi}joint{/wi} heirs"
                      }
                    ]
                  ]
                ]
              }
            ]
          ],
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              "sense",
              {
                "sn": "4",
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                  "mathematics"
                ],
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                  [
                    "text",
                    "{bc}being a {d_link|function|function:1} of or involving two or more variables and especially {d_link|random variables|random variable} "
                  ],
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                    "vis",
                    [
                      {
                        "t": "a {wi}joint{/wi} probability density function"
                      }
                    ]
                  ]
                ]
              }
            ]
          ]
        ]
      }
    ],
    "uros": [
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        "ure": "joint*ly",
        "fl": "adverb"
      }
    ],
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        "text",
        "Middle English, from Anglo-French, from past participle of {it}joindre{/it} {dx_ety}see {dxt|join:1||}{/dx_ety}"
      ]
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      "united, combined",
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      "offensive": false
    },
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      "hw": "joint"
    },
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      {
        "if": "joint*ed"
      },
      {
        "if": "joint*ing"
      },
      {
        "if": "joints"
      }
    ],
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        "vd": "transitive verb",
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          [
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              "sense",
              {
                "sn": "1 a",
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                    "{bc}to unite by a joint {bc}fit together "
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                    [
                      {
                        "t": "{wi}joint{/wi} two boards"
                      },
                      {
                        "t": "her elbows and shoulders are {wi}jointed{/wi} wrong",
                        "aq": {
                          "source": "{it}Irish Digest{/it}"
                        }
                      }
                    ]
                  ]
                ]
              }
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                "sn": "b",
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                    "{bc}to provide with a joint {bc}{sx|articulate||}"
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                "sn": "c",
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                "sn": "2",
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                    "text",
                    "{bc}to separate the joints of "
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                        "t": "{wi}joint{/wi} a piece of meat"
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                  ]
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                    "{bc}to fit as if by joints "
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                        "t": "the stones {wi}joint{/wi} neatly"
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              "sense",
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                "sn": "2",
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                    "{bc}to form joints as a stage in growth "
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                    [
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                          "text",
                          "used especially of small grains"
                        ]
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      ]
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      "to unite by a joint : fit together",
      "to provide with a joint : articulate",
      "to prepare (something, such as a board) for joining by planing the edge"
    ]
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    },
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      "hw": "Joint Chiefs of Staff"
    },
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                  ]
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      "a military advisory group composed of the chiefs of staff of the army and air force, the chief of naval operations, and sometimes the commandant of the marine corps"
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    },
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      "hw": "joint compound"
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    "def": [
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                "dt": [
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    ]
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        "joint resolutions"
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    },
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      "hw": "joint-stock company"
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    },
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      "hw": "joint account"
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                        "t": "My wife and I keep our money in a {it}joint account{/it}."
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    },
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      "hw": "joint custody"
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                    "{bc}custody (the legal right to take care of a child) shared by two people "
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                        "t": "The divorced parents have {it}joint custody{/it}."
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      "custody (the legal right to take care of a child) shared by two people"
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    },
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      "hw": "ball-and-sock*et joint",
      "prs": [
        {
          "mw": "ˈbȯl-ən(d)-ˈsä-kət-",
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            "stat": "1"
          }
        }
      ]
    },
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                "sn": "1",
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                    "{bc}a joint in which a ball moves within a socket so as to allow rotary motion in every direction within certain limits"
                  ]
                ]
              }
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          ],
          [
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              "sense",
              {
                "sn": "2",
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                    "text",
                    "{bc}an articulation (such as the hip joint) in which the rounded head of one bone fits into a cuplike cavity of the other and admits movement in any direction"
                  ]
                ]
              }
            ]
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      "a joint in which a ball moves within a socket so as to allow rotary motion in every direction within certain limits",
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]