[f. JETTY sb.]

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  † 1.  intr. To project, jut: said of a part of a building. Cf. JET v.2 2, JUTTY v. Obs.

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1598.  Florio, Porgere, to iut, to iettie, or butte forth, as some parts of a building do, further then the rest.

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1609.  Heywood, Brit. Troy, XV. lxvi. Some Greekes the Pallace scale, The Laders cleaue unto the iettying stones.

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1615.  G. Sandys, Trav., 120. Goodly buildings, having galleries … which ietty over, sustained upon pillars.

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  † 2.  trans. To furnish with projections (see quot.). Obs. rare–0.

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1598.  Florio, Adentellare,… It is properly to ietty out or indent stones or timber of any vnfinished building, that another may the easier be joyned vnto, or that finished.

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  3.  To furnish with a jetty or starling. rare.

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1889.  Sci. Amer., 16 Feb., 105/2. The expense will be but moderate, by jettying with brush and pile, and finally strengthening of stone.

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