Definition: jutted

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Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Jut \Jut\ (j[u^]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jutted; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Jutting.] [A corruption of jet.]
   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.'' --Wordsworth.

            It seems to jut out of the structure of the poem.
                                                  --Sir T.
                                                  Browne.

   2. To butt. [Obs.] ``The jutting steer.'' --Mason.