unjoint

American  

[uhn-joint] / ʌnˈdʒɔɪnt /

verb (used with object)

1. to sever or dislocate a joint of; disjoint.

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Etymology

Origin of unjoint

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; un- ², joint

Example Sentences

Unjoint the chicken and cut the large pieces in two.

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The skin is loosened around these and they may be severed at the elbow joint unless the bird is to be mounted with wings spread, when it will be best to unjoint at the shoulder and preserve the entire wing bones.

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Lying here at full length, with no elbow-room to manage the rod, you must occasionally even unjoint your tip, and fish with that, using but a dozen inches of line, and not letting so much as your eyebrows show above the bank.

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Now unjoint the legs and wings at the middle joint, which can be done very skillfully by a little practice.

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But death comes to unjoint this alliance.

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