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Webster 1913 Edition

Jetty

Jet′ty

,
Adj.
Made of jet, or like jet in color.
The people . . . are of a
jetty
.
Sir T. Browne.

Jet′ty

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Jetties
(#)
.
[F.
jetée
a pier, a jetty, a causeway. See
Jet
a shooting forth, and cf.
Jutty
.]
1.
(Arch.)
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.)
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 head
(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.

Jet′ty

,
Verb.
I.
To jut out; to project.
[Obs.]
Florio.

Webster 1828 Edition

Jetty

JET'TY

,
Verb.
I.
To jut.

JET'TY

,
Noun.
A small pier or projection into a river for narrowing it and raising the water above that place.

JET'TY

,
Adj.
Made of jet, or black as jet.

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