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   Gut·ter

   /ˈɡədər/

   

   noun

   • 1. a shallow trough fixed beneath the edge of a roof for carrying off rainwater.
   • ▪ a channel at the side of a street for carrying off rainwater.
   • ▪ used to refer to a poor or squalid background or environment: "only moneyed privilege had kept him out of the gutter"
   • ▪ a groove or channel for flowing liquid. technical
   • ▪ a channel on either side of a lane in a bowling alley.
   • 2. the blank space between facing pages of a book or between adjacent columns of type or stamps in a sheet.

   verb

   • 1. (of a candle or flame) flicker and burn unsteadily: "the candles had almost guttered out"
   • 2. channel or furrow with something such as streams or tears: archaic "my cheeks are guttered with tears"
   • ▪ stream down: "the raindrops gutter down her visage"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French gotiere, from Latin gutta ‘a drop’; the verb dates from late Middle English, originally meaning ‘cut grooves in’ and later (early 18th century) used of a candle which melts rapidly because it has become channelled on one side.

   Scrabble Points: 7

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