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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Jut \Jut\ (j[u^]t), verb (used without an object) [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Jut \Jut\, noun
1. That which projects or juts; a projection.
2. A shove; a push. [Obs.] --Udall.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
jut
noun
1: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form [syn: {bulge}, {bump}, {hump}, {gibbosity}, {gibbousness}, {prominence}, {protuberance}, {protrusion}, {extrusion}, {excrescence}]
2: the act of projecting out from something [syn: {protrusion}, {projection}, {jutting}]
verb: extend out or project in space; "His sharp nose jutted out"; "A single rock sticks out from the cliff" [syn: {stick out}, {protrude}, {jut out}, {project}] [also: {jutting}, {jutted}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
47 Moby Thesaurus words for "jut": arch over, beetle, bestraddle, bestride, bridge, bristle up, bulge, cock up, elongate, extend, extend over, extrude, hang out, hang over, imbricate, impend, impend over, jut out, lap, lap over, lean over, lengthen, lie over, overarch, overhang, overlap, overlie, override, poke, poke out, pouch, pout, project, project over, protrude, protrusion, protuberance, protuberate, shingle, shoot out, shoot up, span, stand out, start up, stick out, stick up, thrust over
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