jutty
jutty noun: a projection in a building; or a pier (jetty).
Noun
jutty (plural jutties)
- A projection in a building; or a pier (jetty).
- The taking of life being displeasing to Buddha, outside many of the temples old women and children earn a livelihood by selling sparrows, small eels, carp, and tortoises, which the worshipper sets free in honour of the deity, within whose territory cocks and hens and doves, tame and unharmed, perch...1910, Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, Tales of Old Japan
- I was (says our friend) at the Naval Hospital, at Yarmouth, on the morning when Nelson, after the battle of Copenhagen (having sent the wounded before him,) arrived at the Roads, and landed on the jutty.1828, Various, The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 12
Verb
jutty (third-person singular simple present jutties, present participle juttying, simple past and past participle juttied)
- To project outwards.
Forms of jutty
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | jutties |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | jutties |
| present participle | juttying |
| past participle | juttied |
| past | juttied |
Origin of jutty
See jetty, jut, jet.
Questions about jutty
- What does jutty mean?
- Jutty means a projection in a building; or a pier (jetty).
- What part of speech is jutty?
- Jutty can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of jutty?
- The plural of jutty is jutties.
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