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Webster 1913 Edition
Joggle
Jog′gle
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Joggled
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Joggling
.] [Freq. of
jog
.] 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. Gwilt.
Jog′gle
,Verb.
I.
To shake or totter; to slip out of place.
Jog′gle
,Noun.
[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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Joggle
JOG'GLE
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2025
joggle
joggle
English
A joggle (engineering)
being created in sheet metal
being created in sheet metal
Verb
joggle (third-person singular simple present joggles, present participle joggling, simple past and past participle joggled)
- (transitive) To shake slightly; to push suddenly but slightly, so as to cause to shake or totter; to jostle; to jog.
- (intransitive) To shake or totter; to slip out of place.
- To jog or run while juggling.
- (architecture, transitive) To join by means of joggles, so as to prevent sliding apart; sometimes, loosely, to dowel.
- Gwilt
- The struts of a roof are joggled into the truss posts.
- Gwilt
Noun
joggle (plural joggles)
- (engineering) A step formed in material by two adjacent reverse bends.
- (architecture) A notch or tooth in the joining surface of any piece of building material to prevent slipping.