▪ I. joined, ppl. a.1
(dʒɔɪnd)
[f. join v.1 + -ed1.]
1. Put together, connected, combined, united, etc.: see the verb.
| 1483 Cath. Angl. 199/2 Iuned, coniunctus. 1704 Addr. Canterbury 15 Aug. in Lond. Gaz. No. 4047/2 The Joyn'd Forces of Your Majesty's Enemies. 1742 Richardson Pamela IV. 201 Pointing to the Backs of three Chairs, which I had placed in a join'd Row. 1885 Athenæum 21 Mar. 375/3 A new shorthand, with joined vowels. |
2. Put together, as a whole; constructed by joining the parts; spec. of furniture, etc., Made by a joiner. ? Obs. joined stool: see joint-stool.
| 1434 [see joint-stool 1]. 1520 Sir R. Elyot Will in T. Elyot's Gov. (1883) I. App. A. 312 Al my beddyng and naprye.., except my ioyned presse. 1560 Trinity Coll. Inv. in Willis & Clark Cambridge (1886) III. 361 Item three Joyned trustles vnder the highe table. Item a joynid Chare for the maister. 1588 Will in Trans. Cumb. & West. Arch. Soc. X. 41 One coverlett one blanckett and also one ioyned bedstead. 1699 W. Dampier Voy. II. 62 In laying on the lack upon good and fine joyned work they frequently spoil the joynts, edges, or corners of drawers of cabinets. |
3. That has joined, or become a member of, some society; received into membership.
| 1849 C. Brontë Shirley viii. 110 Praise God!.. I'm a joined Methody! 1889 Tablet 2 Nov. 691 A ‘joined member’ of the Wesleyan Society. |
▸ fig.joined at the hip: inextricably linked; very close in acquaintance or association; inseparable.
App. with reference to a common point of joining in conjoined twins.
| 1975 Mansfield (Ohio) News Jrnl. 9 May 12/2 We agreed we weren't joined at the hip... Women who cling to their men are burdens. 1980 N.Y. Times 26 Oct. vi.45/2 They are joined at the hip... When they go to a party, they're together, although they mingle. 1996 High Country News 19 Feb. 8/1 The golf complex and the ski resort..have long been joined at the hip. 1998 N. Jones Hollyoaks (Mersey TV transmission script) Episode 252. 17 Aren't you two sick of the sight of each other yet? You've been joined at the hip all week! |
▪ II. † joined, ppl. a.2
see join v.2, to enjoin.