JETTIEST
Adjective
jettiest
superlative form of jetty: most jetty
Source: Wiktionary
JETTY
Jet"ty, a.
Definition: Made of jet, or like jet in color. The people . . . are of a jetty. Sir T. Browne.
Jet"ty, n.; pl. Jetties. Etym: [F.jetée a pier, a jetty, a causeway. See Jet a shooting forth, and cf. Jutty.]
1. (Arch.)
Definition: A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest, and overhangs the wall below.
2. A wharf or pier extending from the shore.
3. (Hydraul. Engin.)
Definition: 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. Jetty ad (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.
Jet"ty, v. i.
Definition: To jut out; to project. [Obs.] Florio.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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