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Projecture

Projecture \Pro*jec"ture\, n. [L. projectura: cf. F. projecture.] A jutting out beyond a surface.

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projecture

n. A jut out beyond a surface; a projection.

Usage examples of "projecture".

Albert was, as the magistrate perceived, like a man, who, rolling to the bottom of a precipice, sees every branch and every projecture which might retard his fall fail him, and who feels a new and more painful bruise each time his body comes in contact with them.

I awoke to the fact that I was still nothing more nor less than a common adventurer, held captive on an isolated projecture in the middle of the sea.