a. [f. JOINT sb. + -LESS.] Without joints, or the use of joints; having no joints, stiff, rigid.

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1559.  W. Baldwyn, in Mirr. Mag., To Rdr. Looking for his strong jointless olyphants.

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a. 1603.  T. Cartwright, Confut. Rhem. N. T. (1618), 500. Your knees … are ioyntlesse and Elephant-like in your obedience unto his precepts.

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1748.  Richardson, Clarissa (1811), VI. viii. 38. ‘Let me die here,’ were her words, remaining jointless and immovable.

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1867.  Nat. Encycl., I. 92. The pods are jointless.

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