JUTTING

jutting, projected, projecting, protruding, relieved, sticking, sticking out

(adjective) extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary; ā€œthe jutting limb of a treeā€; ā€œmassive projected buttressesā€; ā€œhis protruding ribsā€; ā€œa pile of boards sticking over the end of his truckā€

protrusion, projection, jut, jutting

(noun) the act of projecting out from something

JUT

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

jutting

present participle of jut

Noun

jutting (plural juttings)

That which juts or protrudes.

Source: Wiktionary


Jut"ting, a.

Definition: Projecting, as corbels, cornices, etc.

– Jut"ting*ly, adv.

JUT

Jut, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jutted; p. pr. & vb. n. Jutting.] Etym: [A corruption of jet.]

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. It seems to jut out of the structure of the poem. Sir T. Browne.

2. To butt. [Obs.] "The jutting steer." Mason.

Jut, n.

1. That which projects or juts; a projection.

2. A shove; a push. [Obs.] Udall.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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