Definition of gutter

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

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Triglyph :: Triglyph (n.) An ornament in the frieze of the Doric order, repeated at equal intervals. Each triglyph consists of a rectangular tablet, slightly projecting, and divided nearly to the top by two parallel and perpendicular gutters, or channels, called glyphs, into three parts, or spaces, called femora. A half channel, or glyph, is also cut upon each of the perpendicular edges of the tablet. See Illust. of Entablature..
Sike :: Sike (n.) A gutter; a stream, such as is usually dry in summer..
Flashing :: Flashing (n.) Pieces of metal, built into the joints of a wall, so as to lap over the edge of the gutters or to cover the edge of the roofing; also, similar pieces used to cover the valleys of roofs of slate, shingles, or the like. By extension, the metal covering of ridges and hips of roofs; also, in the United States, the protecting of angles and breaks in walls of frame houses with waterproof material, tarred paper, or the like. Cf. Filleting..
Chamfret :: Chamfret (n.) A small gutter; a furrow; a groove.
Catch-basin :: Catch-basin (n.) A cistern or vault at the point where a street gutter discharges into a sewer, to catch bulky matters which would not pass readily through the sewer..
Gurt :: Gurt (n.) A gutter or channel for water, hewn out of the bottom of a working drift..
Gutter :: Gutter (v. t.) To supply with a gutter or gutters.
Gutter :: Gutter (v. i.) To become channeled, as a candle when the flame flares in the wind..
Channel :: Channel (n.) A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column..
Shoe :: Shoe (n.) A trough-shaped or spout-shaped member, put at the bottom of the water leader coming from the eaves gutter, so as to throw the water off from the building..
Guttered :: Guttered (imp. & p. p.) of Gutte.
Goter :: Goter (n.) a gutter.
Rindle :: Rindle (n.) A small water course or gutter.
Kennel :: Kennel (n.) The water course of a street; a little canal or channel; a gutter; also, a puddle..
Imbricated :: Imbricated (a.) Bent and hollowed like a roof or gutter tile.
Limber :: Limber (n.) Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to afford a passage for water to the pump well.
Gutter :: Gutter (v. t.) To cut or form into small longitudinal hollows; to channel.
Drain :: Drain (v. t.) To exhaust of liquid contents by drawing them off; to make gradually dry or empty; to remove surface water, as from streets, by gutters, etc.; to deprive of moisture; hence, to exhaust; to empty of wealth, resources, or the like; as, to drain a country of its specie..
Cullis :: Cullis (n.) A gutter in a roof; a channel or groove.
Swallet :: Swale (n.) A gutter in a candle.
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