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Definition of Jutting
1. Adjective. Extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary. "A pile of boards sticking over the end of his truck"
Similar to: Protrusive
2. Noun. The act of projecting out from something.
Generic synonyms: Change Of Shape
Derivative terms: Jut, Project, Protrude
Definition of Jutting
1. a. Projecting, as corbels, cornices, etc.
Definition of Jutting
1. Verb. (present participle of ''jut'') ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jutting
1. jut [v] - See also: jut
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jutting
Literary usage of Jutting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce (1916)
"They came back with shrill cries over the jutting shoulder of the house, flying
darkly against the fading air. What birds were they ? ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1833)
"To thread the woods in search of my be- perched ОП the jutting era?, irith " My
sole sad business here pression of her feet ! ..."
3. All the Year Round: A Weekly Journal by Charles Dickens (1869)
"There was the village inn at last, right under the little church, with a big elm
in front, and seats around its trunk ; an odd gable jutting out ..."
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