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Gutter

Gutter (gutter)
n.(?)
Gut"ter
[OE. gotere, OF. goutiere, F. gouttière, fr. OF. gote, goute, drop, F. goutte, fr. L. gutta.]

  1. A channel at the eaves of a roof for conveying away the rain; an eaves channel; an eaves trough.
  2. A small channel at the roadside or elsewhere, to lead off surface water.

    Gutters running with ale. Macaulay.

  3. Any narrow channel or groove; as, a gutter formed by erosion in the vent of a gun from repeated firing.

    Gutter member (Arch.), an architectural member made by treating the outside face of the gutter in a decorative fashion, or by crowning it with ornaments, regularly spaced, like a diminutive battlement. -- Gutter plane, a carpenter's plane with a rounded bottom for planing out gutters. -- Gutter snipe, a neglected boy running at large; a street Arab. [Slang] -- Gutter stick (Printing), one of the pieces of furniture which separate pages in a form.

Gutter

Gutter (gutter)
v. t.
Gut*ter
  1. To cut or form into small longitudinal hollows] to channel.
    Shak.
  2. To supply with a gutter or gutters.
    [R.] Dryden.

Gutter

Gutter (gutter)
v. i.
Gut"ter
  1. To become channeled, as a candle when the flame flares in the wind.












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