Jetty vs Duke - What's the difference?
jetty | duke |
A structure of wood or stone extended into the sea to influence the current or tide, or to protect a harbor or beach.
A wharf or dock extending from the shore.
(architecture) A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest, and overhangs the wall below.
(obsolete) To jut out; to project.
(archaic) Made of jet, or like jet in color.
* 1819 , Lord Byron, Don Juan , III.75:
* 1885 , Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night , vol. 1:
The male ruler of a duchy (compare duchess ).
A high title of nobility; the male holder of a dukedom.
A grand duke.
(slang, usually in plural) A fist.
To hit or beat with the fists.
* {{quote-book, 2003, John A. Dinan, Private Eyes in the Comics, isbn=159393002X, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=7vvAzXjtBAcC&pg=PA65, page=65
, passage=It seems that PI Rainer was duked by his wife
As verbs the difference between jetty and duke
is that jetty is (obsolete|intransitive) to jut out; to project while duke is to plunge, dive.As a noun jetty
is a structure of wood or stone extended into the sea to influence the current or tide, or to protect a harbor or beach.As an adjective jetty
is (archaic) made of jet, or like jet in color.jetty
English
(wikipedia jetty)Etymology 1
From (etyl) ‘pier, jetty, causeway’. Compare jet, jutty.Noun
(jetties)Synonyms
* (protective structure) mole, breakwater * pierCoordinate terms
* (pier) quay, leveeHypernyms
* (pier) wharf, dockVerb
(en-verb)- (Florio)
Etymology 2
Adjective
(er)- those large black eyes were so blackly fringed, / The glossy rebels mocked the jetty stain [...].
- She raised her face veil [...] showing two black eyes fringed with jetty lashes, whose glances were soft and languishing and whose perfect beauty was ever blandishing [...].
Derived terms
* jettinessReferences
*duke
English
(wikipedia duke)Noun
(en noun)- Put up your dukes !
- This is thought to be derived from where Duke(s) of York = Fork. Fork is itself cockney slang for hand, and thus fist.