jutty

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The stillness that reigned there was rendered more profound by the occasional twitter of a swallow from some "jutty frieze," or "coigne of vantage," high up above my head.

From My Unknown Chum by Fairbanks, Charles Bullard

Cf. 'no jutty, frieze, buttress, nor coign of vantage, but this bird hath made his pendent bed and procreant cradle.'

From Quentin Durward by Scott, Walter, Sir

No jutty, frieze, Buttress, nor coigne of vantage, but this bird Hath made his pendent bed, and procreant cradle.

From Voices for the Speechless by Firth, Abraham

No jutty frieze,          Buttrice, nor coigne of 'vantage, but this bird          Hath made his pendent bed, and procreant cradle:          Where they most breed and haunt, I have observ'd,          The air is delicate.

From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 05 Miscellaneous Pieces by Johnson, Samuel

Shea climbed rocky masses, shoved through sand, rolled over jutty fields of volcanic rock, and when the afternoon was half gone, came upon automobile tracks.

From The Mesa Trail by Bedford-Jones, H.