Jet

jet, 11. A spouting, forcible shooting forth, or sudden rush, as of water from a pipe, or flame from an orifice; that which i ues in a jet. — v. i. To shoot forward, shoot or stand out, project, jut. — v. t. To spout forth, emit in a stream or spout. — Jet-d'eau, zha-do/r, re. A stream of water spouting from a fountain or pipe. [F.J — Jet's am, Jet's on, Jet'tis on, n. (Mar. Law.) The voluntary throwing of goods overboard, to lighten and preserve a ship; goods thus thrown away, and which remain under water. [OLaw F.] — Jefty, -tT, n. A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest; a projecting pier or mole of timber, fascines, rubble, or masonry, for use as a wharf, or to defend a harbor, etc^, from the waves, or to deflect a stream.