Dictionary entry

Disjoint (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Dis‐joint″, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Disjointed; p. pr. & vb. n.Disjointing.] 1. To separate the joints of; to separate, as parts united by joints; to put out of joint; to force out of its socket; to dislocate; as, to disjoint limbs; to disjoint bones; to disjoint a fowl in carving.

Yet what could swords or poisons, racks or flame,

But mangle and disjoint the brittle frame? Prior.

2. To separate at junctures or joints; to break where parts are united; to break in pieces; as, disjointed columns; to disjoint an edifice.

Some half-ruined wall

Disjointed and about to fall. Longfellow.

3. To break the natural order and relations of; to make incoherent; as, a disjointed speech.