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joist

[joist] / dʒɔɪst /
NOUN
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Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


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Six months later, Mr. Minnick found a job at Trus Joist, a $30 million forest-products company in Boise.

From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2010

Later on they sold or transferred part of their grant to Joist Hite who was later called the "Old Baron".

From Legends of the Skyline Drive and the Great Valley of Virginia by Northington, Etta Belle Walker

The Dutchmen, John and Isaac Van Meter, were among the first to buy land from Joist Hite, probably the first settler in the Valley.

From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 by Various

When Joist Hite arrived in Virginia he and his family were required to settle on the land bought from the VanMeters.

From Legends of the Skyline Drive and the Great Valley of Virginia by Northington, Etta Belle Walker

In 1732 Joist Heydt went south from York, Pennsylvania, and settled on the Opequan Creek at or near the site of the present city of Winchester.

From Pioneers of the Old Southwest: a chronicle of the dark and bloody ground by Skinner, Constance Lindsay




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