Jointing is due to the gradual consolidation of the strata, and hence, in a series of strata, we may find the separate beds, according to their composition, very variously affected, some being much more abundantly jointed than others.
"Geology"
James Geikie
I have no means of knowing the embarrassing statements attributed to me-things which were variously denied, and which hurt me.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
All such terms may be interpreted variously.
"Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck"
Jethro Bithell