Sticking out, projecting stiffly; protruding, swollen, puffed up. archaic.
So as to project or protrude beyond the general surface or limits; so as to display. See also to hold out at hold, v. phrasal verbs.
Subcategories:
— in a projecting or prominent manner (3)
— so as to form a shoulder (1)
— in a manner resembling a phallus (2)