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noun
Joggle  n.  (Arch.) A notch or tooth in the joining surface of any piece of building material to prevent slipping; sometimes, but incorrectly, applied to a separate piece fitted into two adjacent stones, or the like.
Joggle joint (Arch.), a joint in any kind of building material, where the joining surfaces are made with joggles.


verb
Joggle  v. t.  (past & past part. joggled; pres. part. joggling)  
1.
To shake slightly; to push suddenly but slightly, so as to cause to shake or totter; to jostle; to jog.
2.
(Arch.) To join by means of joggles, so as to prevent sliding apart; sometimes, loosely, to dowel. "The struts of a roof are joggled into the truss posts."


Joggle  v. i.  To shake or totter; to slip out of place.





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"Joggle" Quotes from Famous Books



... struck a mass soft and yielding. It drove through some substance rather than ran on its wheels. There was a dive and a joggle. Then the ...
— Dave Dashaway and his Hydroplane • Roy Rockwood
... and peered into the shadow. He was standing close above the manhole, and to the confusion of all his senses he saw the cover of the manhole lift itself up; saw the rim of it rise two, three inches, saw and heard it joggle back into its socket. ...
— True Tilda • Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
... returning to his walk home with her and some disconcerting circumstances of it. No doubt Nan had been ruthless. Her mind had been on Aunt Anne and the Palace of Peace. Little boys in love couldn't joggle her fighting arm and expect to escape ...
— Old Crow • Alice Brown
... a crafty grin. "It is worth a lot, bo—to keep it under cover right now. One of them newspaper guys reminded me of somebody. I don't think he remembered me—but it wouldn't do us no good now to joggle his memory, bo. I ain't saying ...
— The Thunder Bird • B. M. Bower
... is taken out, and will whisk round corners, and scamper up and down the hill, as if he really meant to tear every thing to pieces. But just fill the carriage up with ladies or babies, and he will step along as carefully as if he thought an extra joggle would break some ...
— The Nursery, October 1877, Vol. XXII. No. 4 - A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers • Various


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