n. See Jet d'eau. [ R. ] Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Jetty, n. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who struts; one who bears himself jauntily; a fop. [ Obs. ] Palsgrave. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being jetty; blackness. Pennant. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. being propelled violently in a usually narrow stream; -- of liquids.
Syn. -- spouting, spurting, squirting. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ See Jetsam. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Mar. Law) The throwing overboard of goods from necessity, in order to lighten a vessel in danger of wreck. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. See Jetsam, 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. jeton. ] A metal counter used in playing cards. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Made of jet, or like jet in color. [ 1913 Webster ]

The people . . . are of a jetty. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To jut out; to project. [ Obs. ] Florio. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Jetties [ F. jetée a pier, a jetty, a causeway. See Jet a shooting forth, and cf. Jutty. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Arch.) A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest, and overhangs the wall below. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A wharf or pier extending from the shore. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Hydraul. Engin.) A structure of wood or stone extended into the sea to influence the current or tide, or to protect a harbor; a mole; as, the Eads system of jetties at the mouth of the Mississippi River. [ 1913 Webster ]

Jetty head (Naut.), a projecting part at the end of a wharf; the front of a wharf whose side forms one of the cheeks of a dock. [ 1913 Webster ]