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(), n.[OE. gotere, OF. goutiere, F. gouttire, 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 (Print.), one of the pieces of furniture which separate pages in a form. Gutter v. t.[imp. & p. p.Guttered (); p. pr. & vb. n.Guttering.] 1. To cut or form into small longitudinal hollows; to channel. Shak. 2. To supply with a gutter or gutters. [R.] Dryden. Gut"ter v. i.To become channeled, as a candle when the flame flares in the wind. スポンサード リンク
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