Hypertext Webster Gateway: "gutter"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Gutter
Heb. tsinnor, (2 Sam. 5:8). This Hebrew word occurs only
elsewhere in Ps. 42:7 in the plural, where it is rendered
"waterspouts." It denotes some passage through which water
passed; a water-course.
In Gen. 30:38, 41 the Hebrew word rendered "gutters" is
_rahat_, and denotes vessels overflowing with water for cattle
(Ex. 2:16); drinking-troughs.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gutter \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gutter \Gut"ter\, v. i.
To become channeled, as a candle when the flame flares in the
wind.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
gutter
n : a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and
carries away rainwater [syn: {trough}]
v 1: burn unsteadily, feebly, or low; flicker; "The cooling lava
continued to gutter toward lower ground."
2: flow in small streams; "Tears guttered down her face"
3: wear or cut gutters into: "The heavy rain guttered the soil"
4: provide with gutters, of buildings
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