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Jut v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jutted p. pr. & vb. n. Jutting.]
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.”
It seems to jut out of the structure of the poem. --Sir T. Browne.
2. To butt. [Obs.] “The jutting steer.”
Jut·ting a. Projecting, as corbels, cornices, etc. -- Jut*ting*ly, adv.
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jut
n 1: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from
a form [syn: bulge, bump, hump, gibbosity, gibbousness,
prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion,
excrescence]
2: the act of projecting out from something [syn: protrusion,
projection, jutting]
v : extend out or project in space; "His sharp nose jutted out";
"A single rock sticks out from the cliff" [syn: stick
out, protrude, jut out, project]
[also: jutting, jutted]
jutting
adj : extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary; "the
jutting limb of a tree"; "massive projected
buttresses"; "his protruding ribs"; "a pile of boards
sticking over the end of his truck" [syn: projected,
projecting, protruding, sticking(p), sticking
out(p)]
n : the act of projecting out from something [syn: protrusion,
projection, jut]