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Webster 1913 Edition

Gutter

Gut′ter

,
Noun.
[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.

Gut-ter

,
Verb.
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

,
Verb.
I.
To become channeled, as a candle when the flame flares in the wind.

Webster 1828 Edition

Gutter

GUT'TER

,
Noun.
[L. gutta, a drop.]
1.
A channel for water; a hollow piece of timber, or a pipe, for catching and conveying off the water which drops from the eaves of a building.
2.
A channel or passage for water; a hollow in the earth for conveying water; and,in popular usage, a channel worn in the earth by a current of water.

GUT'TER

,
Verb.
T.
To cut or form into small hollows.

GUT'TER

,
Verb.
I.
To be hollowed or channeled.
1.
To run or sweat as a candle.

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