| Jutting | a. Projecting, as corbels, cornices, etc. -- Jut"ting*ly, adv. [1913 Webster] |
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Jut \Jut\ (j[u^]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Jutted}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Jutting}.] [A corruption of jet.]
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1. To shoot out or forward; to project beyond the main body;
as, the jutting part of a building. "In jutting rock and
curved shore." --Wordsworth.
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It seems to jut out of the structure of the poem.
--Sir T.
Browne.
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2. To butt. [Obs.] "The jutting steer." --Mason.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Jutting \Jut"ting\, a.
Projecting, as corbels, cornices, etc. -- {Jut"ting*ly}, adv.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jutting
adj 1: extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary; "the
jutting limb of a tree"; "massive projected buttresses";
"his protruding ribs"; "a pile of boards sticking over
the end of his truck" [syn: {jutting}, {projected},
{projecting}, {protruding}, {relieved}, {sticking(p)},
{sticking out(p)}]
n 1: the act of projecting out from something [syn:
{protrusion}, {projection}, {jut}, {jutting}]
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