Had well-nigh unjointed the stovepipe, to make it come down on the floor. From Wordnik.com. [Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two] Reference
Its legs were as straight as tree trunks; its fingers and toes unjointed stubs. From Wordnik.com. [Incubus]
About half-way between the base and the middle is a pair of unjointed mouth-feelers. From Wordnik.com. [Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases] Reference
A pair of prolegs (unjointed legs) is found on each of the abdominal segments 3, 4, 5, 6, and 10. From Wordnik.com. [Insecta (Aquatic)] Reference
He was even fatter than he'd been as a little boy, fat enough that his arms and legs appeared vestigial and unjointed. From Wordnik.com. [Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town] Reference
If the leg bones are attached to the skin they may be unjointed at the toes and laid aside while the skin is well shaved down on its entire inner surface. From Wordnik.com. [Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration] Reference
When altering speeds or performing other techniques such as walking the dog, I prefer an unjointed lure as it will interfere with the specialized actions. From Wordnik.com. [I'm a big fan of the classic floating #11 Rapala, but would anyone argue the jointed minnow (same size and color) is any better?] Reference
A small hill has been cut down and the earthwork surrounded by masonry, uncemented, unjointed, layer upon layer, and there is no column, pillar, or true arch. From Wordnik.com. [Across the Equator A Holiday Trip in Java] Reference
He started with Pickle Raines, a scrap of a freckled girl wearing red pajamas, sitting with her legs stuck out straight in front of her like an unjointed doll. From Wordnik.com. [Incubus]
At last I was alone, it seemed, -- on a wet stone floor, sweat pouring from every muscle, each fibre quivering; I was distorted and unjointed, I only hoped I was dying. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 67, May, 1863] Reference
But he had got my interest desperately worked up about what seemed to me great unjointed segments of this affair, that one couldn't understand till they were put together. From Wordnik.com. [The Sleuth of St. James's Square] Reference
Action of unjointed snaffle on horse's mouth 73 38. From Wordnik.com. [The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed.] Reference
In all cases an unjointed snaffle is much the best form of bit. From Wordnik.com. [The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed.] Reference
I unjointed his neck about a foot from his head and dressed him, but left his hide on. From Wordnik.com. [Thirty-One Years on the Plains and in the Mountains, Or, the Last Voice from the Plains] Reference
She saw that he was outfitted for fishing, creel on his shoulder, unjointed rod in one hand. From Wordnik.com. [Big Timber A Story of the Northwest] Reference
Then, as it bucked again, it came down with its forelegs unjointed, and rolled over on its side, with. From Wordnik.com. [The Boss of the Lazy Y] Reference
Fortunately it was an easy though painful matter to straighten the limb, as nothing had been unjointed. From Wordnik.com. [Ralph Granger's Fortunes] Reference
The long, stooping figure was unkempt; was, in a sense, unjointed, as though some support had been withdrawn. From Wordnik.com. [The Pit] Reference
The hostler's unjointed legs, unstable because of recurrent debauchery, carried him disconsolately to lower levels. From Wordnik.com. [Thoroughbreds] Reference
Ephraim Tutt slowly unjointed himself, the quintessence of affability, though Mr. Brown clearly held him under suspicion. From Wordnik.com. [By Advice of Counsel] Reference
Tim slowly unjointed his rod, tied the pieces together in a compact bundle, gathered up his string of remaining fish and started homeward. From Wordnik.com. [The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill] Reference
The best kinds of snaffles are the half-moon snaffle which has an unjointed and slightly curved mouth-piece (Fig. 33); and the chain snaffle (Fig. 34). From Wordnik.com. [The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed.] Reference
In the Tardigrades, a long step lower, we have unjointed fleshy legs armed with from two to four claws, but the mouth-parts are essentially mite in character. From Wordnik.com. [Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses] Reference
Her purple pyjamas clothed her with an ampleness that hid the lines of her body; she looked like some large, comfortable, unjointed toy, a sort of Teddy-bear -- but. From Wordnik.com. [Crome Yellow] Reference
Her rod lay unjointed beside her, and two or three big trout gleamed in the bottom of the craft, while Weston, who knelt astern, leisurely dipped the single-bladed paddle. From Wordnik.com. [The Gold Trail] Reference
As he spoke, he took a couple of rough-looking, unjointed rods from where they were laid across some pegs driven into the side of the building just below the thatch eaves. From Wordnik.com. [Burr Junior] Reference
The hump may be taken off by skinning down on each side of the shoulders and cutting away the meat, after which the hump-ribs can be unjointed where they unite with the spine. From Wordnik.com. [The Prairie Traveler A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions] Reference
(unjointed leg-like structures on the mid-body that grip). From Wordnik.com. [Newswise: Latest News] Reference
“We can’t fish then,” said the young gentleman, and unjointed the rod, reeling the line back through the guides. From Wordnik.com. [The Short Stories] Reference
A weary chase did they lead me through the woods, and more than once I almost unjointed my neck by long-continued looking up. From Wordnik.com. [Our Bird Comrades] Reference
Dissolves unjointed ere it reach my ear. From Wordnik.com. [Samson Agonistes: Lines 1-249] Reference
This bald unjointed chat of his, my lord, 68. From Wordnik.com. [Act I. Scene III. The First Part of King Henry the Fourth] Reference
9.5 / 10 here fellas .. 5\% off because it still keeps the Strike's forearm type connection that can eaisly come unjointed. From Wordnik.com. [Anime Nano!] Reference
This bald unjointed chat of his, my lord. From Wordnik.com. [The Dramatic Works of Shakspeare: In Six Volumes] Reference
This bald, unjointed chat of his, my lord. From Wordnik.com. [The American Union Speaker] Reference
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