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jutty

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jut⋅ty

  [juht-ee] noun, plural -ties, verb, -tied, -ty⋅ing.
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–noun
1. Architecture. jetty 1 (def. 4).
–verb (used without object), verb (used with object)
2. Obsolete. to project beyond.
Origin:
var. of jetty

jet⋅ty

1  [jet-ee] noun, plural -ties, verb, -tied, -ty⋅ing.
–noun
1. a pier or structure of stones, piles, or the like, projecting into the sea or other body of water to protect a harbor, deflect the current, etc.
2. a wharf or landing pier.
3. the piles or wooden structure protecting a pier.
4. Also, jutty. an overhang, as of an upper story beyond a lower.
–verb (used with object)
5. to construct (part of a building) so that it projects beyond lower construction; jutty.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME get(t)ey < OF jetee, lit., something thrown out, a projection, n. use of jetee, fem. ptp. of jeter to throw; see jet 1
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Word Origin & History

jetty 
1418, from O.Fr. jetee "a jetty, a projecting part of a building," from fem. pp. of jeter "to throw" (see jet (v.)). Notion is of a structure "thrown out" past what surrounds it.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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