Jutted

Jutted
Jut Jut (j[u^]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Jutted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Jutting}.] [A corruption of jet.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]

It seems to jut out of the structure of the poem. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]

2. To butt. [Obs.] ``The jutting steer.'' --Mason. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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