Gut"ter (?), n. [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, 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.
