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Jet"ty (?), a. Made of jet, or like jet in color.
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The people . . . are of a jetty. Sir T. Browne.
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Jet"ty, n.; pl. Jetties (#). [F. jetée a pier, a jetty, a causeway. See Jet a shooting forth, and cf. Jutty.]
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1. (Arch.) A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest, and overhangs the wall below.
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2. A wharf or pier extending from the shore.
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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.
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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.
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Jet"ty, v. i. To jut out; to project. [Obs.] Florio.
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