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Pronunciation : Jet"ty
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : Defn: Made of jet, or like jet in color. The people . . . are of a jetty. Sir T. Browne.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Jet"ty
Part of Speech : n.;
Etymology : [F.jet?e a pier, a jetty, a causeway. See Jet a shooting forth, and cf. Jutty.]
Definition : 1. (Arch.)

Defn: A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest, and overhangs the wall below.

2. A wharf or pier extending from the shore.

3. (Hydraul. Engin.)

Defn: A structure of wood or stone extended into the sea to influence the current or tide, or to protect a harbor; a mole; as, the Eads system of jetties at the mouth of the Mississippi River. Jetty ad (Naut.), a projecting part at the end of a wharf; the front of a wharf whose side forms one of the cheeks of a dock.

pl. Jetties.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Jet"ty
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To jut out; to project. [Obs.] Florio.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913