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jettying
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[], (Noun)
Definitions:
- The construction of a jetty or jetties, especially as a means of protecting a shoreline, river bank, etc.; protection by jetties.
- The construction of an upper storey (especially of an early timber-framed building) which projects or juts out beyond a lower load-bearing wall.
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Origin
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late 18th century. Partly (in early use) from jetty + -ing, and partly (in later use) from jetty + -ing
[], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- Projecting; jutting out.
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Origin
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early 17th century; earliest use found in Thomas Heywood (c1573–1641), playwright and poet. From jetty + -ing
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