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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of jetty.

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Examples

  • One of them has a window jettied out over the street.

    Archive 2008-05-01 2008

  • A number of questions crowded to Gregory's mind, as they crossed the jettied inlet and headed down the coast.

    El Diablo Brayton Norton 1914

  • Narrowly averting collision with unlighted harbor-boats, bumping at times over sandy shoals, plowing through grass-grown mud-flats and skirting dangerous reefs with only the smallest margin of safety, they came at last to the jettied outlet of

    El Diablo Brayton Norton 1914

  • Halfway to the summit of a great wood-clad hill, that jettied across from the southern slopes of the valley to the northern limits beyond, he had flung himself to rest in a wide clearing surrounded by the cold delicacy of white-hued foliage.

    The Heart of Unaga Ridgwell Cullum 1905

  • They jettied the harbor, built ample wharves and go-downs, and bade their own people confine themselves to the inner town across the canal, and not encroach upon the Europeans.

    In Seven Stages: A Flying Trip Around the World 1891

  • One of the ships lay at the little island of Onroost, which is piled and jettied all around, and contained a small and compact repairing yard for merchant vessels of all nations.

    The Life of Admiral Viscount Exmouth Osler, Edward, 1798-1863 1854

  • On other days, he scrambled across the slick rocks that jettied like islands out of the sea, searching for gold doubloons that toyed with a glint of sun trapped under the water.

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  • And your body… it is the Nile itself—the camber of your back slipping so easily by the narrows of your waist and jettied hips to the lush delta below.

    When It Comes to Romance, Actions Speak Louder Than Words 2007

  • And your body… it is the Nile itself—the camber of your back slipping so easily by the narrows of your waist and jettied hips to the lush delta below.

    Dear Author: Romance Novel Reviews, Industry News, and Commentary » When It Comes to Romance, Actions Speak Louder Than Words » Print 2007

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