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   Jetty (?), 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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   Jetty, 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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   Jetty, v. i. To jut out; to project. [Obs.]  Florio.
   
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