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Definition of Jutting

1. Noun. The act of projecting out from something.

2. Adjective. Extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary. "A pile of boards sticking over the end of his truck"

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

justness justnesses justo major justo minor justs jut jut out jute jute netting jutelike

jutes juts jutted juttied jutties jutting (current term) juttingly jutty juttying juve

juvenal juvenalia juvenals juvenescence juvenescences juvenescent juvenile-delinquent juvenile-onset diabetes juvenile absence epilepsy

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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