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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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OUTJET, n. A projection, jutting-out part of a building.Sc. 1730 A. Gordon Maffei's Amphith. 206:
For counter ballancing the Out-jet or Projection above.Sc. 1834 H. Miller Scenes and Leg. (1857) iii., xxiv.:
The outjets and buttresses of an ancient fortress. . . . A small apartment formed by an outjet of the cottage.