Definition of "jut" []

• To extend outward or upward beyond the limits of the main body; project: "He had a sharp crooked nose jutting out of a lean dancer's face” ( Graham Greene). (verb-intransitive)
• To cause to jut. See Synonyms at bulge. (verb-transitive)
• Something that protrudes; a projection. (noun)

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• "The way you call jut to tell me to look at the stars."
• "The upper stories project; and from these again jut windows of delicate turned latticework in old brown wood, like big bird-cages."
• "At other times the Grey valley is green and pleasant, excepting where the masses of grey rock from which it has its name jut out over the river."