AJUTAGE, in Hydraulics, part of the Apparatus of an artificial Fountain, or Jet d’Eau; being a kind of Tube, fitted to the Mouth or Aperture of the Vessel; through which the Water is to be played, and by it determined into this or that Figure.'Tis chiefly the Diversity in the Ajutages, that makes the different Kinds of Fountains.—And hence, by having several Ajutages to be applied occasionally, one Fountain comes to have the Effect of many. The various sorts of Ajutages, their Structure, Application, &c. see under the Article FOUNTAIN. The Word is French, formed of the Verb Ajouter, to adjust.
