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What's The Definition Of Gutter?

\Gut"ter\, n. [OE. gotere, OF. goutiere, F. goutti[`e]re, 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.