ˈoutjet, n.
[out- 7.]
A part that juts out, a projection.
| 1730 A. Gordon Maffei's Amphith. 206 For counter⁓ballancing the Out-jet or Projection above. 1834 H. Miller Scenes & Leg. iii. (1857) 26 The outjets and buttresses of an ancient fortress. Ibid. xxiv. (1889) 352 A small apartment formed by an outjet of the cottage. |
So ˈoutˌjetting vbl. n., a jutting out; a projection; ˈoutˌjetting ppl. a., jutting out, projecting; † ˈoutˌjetty, projection, protuberance.
| 1650 Bulwer Anthropomet. 64 Sense and Memory, which he cannot well exercise, unless he have an out-jetty of the occiput. 1652 Urquhart Jewel Wks. (1834) 195 Roofs, platforms, outjettings, and other such like parts. 1730 A. Gordon Maffei's Amphith. 245 The out-jetting Window added above the Entries. |