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Definition of Jut out
1. Verb. Extend out or project in space. "A single rock sticks out from the cliff"
Specialized synonyms: Overhang, Push Up, Thrust, Spear, Spear Up, Bag, Bulge, Cantilever
Derivative terms: Jutting, Projection, Protrusible, Protrusion, Protrusive
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jut Out
Literary usage of Jut out
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Putnam's Word Book: A Practical Aid in Expressing Ideas Through the Use of by Louis Andrew Flemming (1919)
"... v. jut out, project, protrude.—n. projection, jutty. jutting, a. projecting,
protruding. jutting out. projection, ..."
2. Glossary of Terms and Phrases by Henry Percy Smith (1883)
"[Ger. ragen, to jut'out'.] (Geol.) An oblique vein of ore. Rakish vessel. (Naut.)
One appearing formidable or suspicious, and a swift sailer. Baud». ..."
3. The Poetical Works of Coleridge, Shelley, and Keats: Complete in One Volume by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats (1829)
"... s white) Where broad smooth «tones jut out in mossy seats, I rest:—and now
have gain'd the topmost site. Ah ! wh.it a luxury of landscape meets My gaze! ..."
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