different between jutty vs gutty

English

Etymology

See jetty, jut, jet.

Noun

jutty (plural jutties)

1. A projection in a building; also, a pier or mole; a jetty

Verb

jutty (third-person singular simple present jutties, present participle juttying, simple past and past participle juttied)

1. To project outwards.

English

Etymology 1

From Latin gutta (“drop (of a liquid)”). Compare French goutte. Compare guttated.

Alternative forms

• goutty

Adjective

gutty (not comparable)

1. (heraldry) Charged or sprinkled with drops.

Etymology 2

gut +? -y

Adjective

gutty (comparative more gutty, superlative most gutty)

1. Gutsy; brave.
2. Having a prominent gut.
   • 1958, John M. Kays, Basic animal husbandry (page 269)

     A trim-middled hog will have a higher dressing percentage than a wasty, gutty, paunchy, heavy-middled hog.

Noun

gutty (plural gutties)

1. One who works in a slaughterhouse cutting out the internal organs.

Etymology 3

Perhaps from gutter, or guttersnipe. Or possibly from Irish gaotaire (“a windbag, someone who talks too much”).

Noun

gutty

1. (dialect, Ireland) An urchin or delinquent.
2. (dialect, Ireland) Low-class person.
3. (dialect, Ireland) An unpleasant person.

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