Disjoint /(?)/

1. Disjointed; unconnected; -- opposed to conjoint.

1. Difficult situation; dilemma; strait. [Obs.]

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?

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.

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

1. To fall in pieces.