joggle

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To shake or jar slightly.
2. v. To move with a shaking or lightly jolting motion.
3. n. A shaking or lightly jolting motion.
4. n. A joint between two pieces of building material formed by a notch and a fitted projection.
5. n. The notch or the projecting piece used in such a joint.
6. v. To join or attach by means of a joggle.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To shake slightly; give a sudden but slight push; jolt; jostle.
2. In carp, and masonry, to fit together, as timbers or stonework, with notches and projections, or with notches and keys, to prevent the slipping of parts upon one another.
3. To move irregularly; have a jogging or jolting motion; shake.
4. n. A jolt; a jog.
5. n. In carpentry, a stub-tenon on the end of a post or piece of timber, which prevents the timber or post from moving laterally. Also joggle-joint.
6. n. In carp, and masonry, a notch in a piece of timber or stone, into which is fitted a projection upon a corresponding piece or counterpart, or a key also engaging a notch in a corresponding piece or counterpart, to prevent one piece from slipping on the other.
7. In iron ship-building, to make a joggle in (a plate or bar).
8. n. In mech.:
9. n. A pin or tenon projecting from a casting to hold it when set in place.
10. n. A raised rib or ridge on which rests a plummer-block or other bearing.
11. n. In iron ship-building, a setting back of part of a plate or of a bar to obtain a flush surface where other parts cross, or to enable it to fit around a projection, as a butt-strap.

Wiktionary

1. v. To shake slightly; to push suddenly but slightly, so as to cause to shake or totter; to jostle; to jog.
2. v. To jog or run while juggling.
3. n. engineering A step formed in material by two adjacent reverse bends.
4. n. architecture A notch or tooth in the joining surface of any piece of building material to prevent slipping.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. To shake slightly; to push suddenly but slightly, so as to cause to shake or totter; to jostle; to jog.
2. v. (Arch.) To join by means of joggles, so as to prevent sliding apart; sometimes, loosely, to dowel.
3. v. To shake or totter; to slip out of place.
4. n. 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.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. a fastener that is inserted into holes in two adjacent pieces and holds them together
2. v. move to and fro
3. v. fasten or join with a joggle
4. n. a slight irregular shaking motion