<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A joint of a finger, especially one of the articulations of a metacarpal with a phalanx.</li><li>The rounded prominence of such a joint when the finger is bent.</li><li>A joint of meat, consisting of the parts about the carpal or tarsal joint of a quadruped.</li><li>An angle or protrusion at the intersection of two members or surfaces, as in the timbers of a ship or in a roof.</li><li>Brass knuckles.</li><li>A cylindrical projecting part on a hinge, through which an axis or pin passes; the joint of a hinge.</li><li>(In a wire mesh) A bend in a wire crossing another wire.</li><li>(On a chair arm) One of the ridges left at the front end by longitudinal flutes carved to accommodate the fingers.</li><li>Nautical. A pronounced edge formed by a change in the form of the shell of a hull.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(Used with object) To provide with a mast or masts.</li></ul>