the verb-stem used in combination, as in † join-hand sb., cursive handwriting, JOINING-HAND; whence † join-hand v. intr., to write ‘join-hand’; † join-work, work of joining, operation of combining (obs.).
a. 1652. Brome, Queen & Concubine, IV. iii. Wks. 1873, II. 88. 3. Girl. Pray shall I have a *Joyn-hand Copy next? Eul. No child, you must not Joyn-hand yet.
1711. Addison, Spect., No. 7, ¶ 1. A little Boy … told her, that he was to go into Join-hand on Thursday.
1768–74. Tucker, Lt. Nat. (1834), II. 75. The four elements … by their different commixtures produce other secondary elements,… which being mingled … generate all the grosser bodies…. By this wonderful *join-work the stores of nature are supplied.
