Jutted

3 definitions found

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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  jut
       n 1: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from
            a form [syn: {bulge}, {bump}, {hump}, {gibbosity}, {gibbousness},
             {prominence}, {protuberance}, {protrusion}, {extrusion},
             {excrescence}]
       2: the act of projecting out from something [syn: {protrusion},
           {projection}, {jutting}]
       v : extend out or project in space; "His sharp nose jutted out";
           "A single rock sticks out from the cliff" [syn: {stick
           out}, {protrude}, {jut out}, {project}]
       [also: {jutting}, {jutted}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  jutted
       See {jut}