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noun
1.
any of a number of small, parallel beams of timber, steel, reinforced concrete, etc., for supporting floors, ceilings, or the like.
verb (used with object)
2.
to furnish with or fix on joists.
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Joisted
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Origin:
1325–75; Middle English giste < Old French < Latin *jacitum support, noun use of neuter of Latin jacitus (past participle of jacēre to lie), equivalent to jaci- variant stem + -tus past participle suffix
1325–75; Middle English giste < Old French < Latin *jacitum support, noun use of neuter of Latin jacitus (past participle of jacēre to lie), equivalent to jaci- variant stem + -tus past participle suffix
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joist·less, adjective
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joist
late 14c. (attested from 1294 in Anglo-L.), from O.Fr. giste "beam supporting a bridge" (Mod.Fr. gîte), noun use of fem. pp. of gesir "to lie," from L. jacere "to lie, rest," related to jacere "to throw" (see jet (v.)). Notion is of wooden beam on which boards "lie down."
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