gutt

n. [ Malay gutah gum + pertja the tree from which is it procured. ] A concrete juice produced by various trees found in the Malayan archipelago, especially by the Isonandra Gutta, syn. Dichopsis Gutta. It becomes soft, and unpressible at the tamperature of boiling water, and, on cooling, retains its new shape. It dissolves in oils and ethers, but not in water. In many of its properties it resembles caoutchouc, and it is extensively used for many economical purposes. The Mimusops globosa of Guiana also yields this material. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. guttatus. Cf. Gutty. ] Spotted, as if discolored by drops. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Guttate. ] Besprinkled with drops, or droplike spots. Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The inspissated juice of a tree of the genus Artocarpus (A. incisa, or breadfruit tree), sometimes used in making birdlime, on account of its glutinous quality. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. gotere, OF. goutiere, F. gouttière, fr. OF. gote, goute, drop, F. goutte, fr. L. gutta. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A channel at the eaves of a roof for conveying away the rain; an eaves channel; an eaves trough. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A small channel at the roadside or elsewhere, to lead off surface water. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gutters running with ale. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Any narrow channel or groove; as, a gutter formed by erosion in the vent of a gun from repeated firing. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Bowling) Either of two sunken channels at either side of the bowling alley, leading directly to the sunken pit behind the pins. Balls not thrown accurately at the pins will drop into such a channel bypassing the pins, and resulting in a score of zero for that bowl. [ PJC ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To become channeled, as a candle when the flame flares in the wind. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Guttered p. pr. & vb. n. Guttering. ] 1. To cut or form into small longitudinal hollows; to channel. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To supply with a gutter or gutters. [ R. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A bowl in which the ball falls into the gutter{ 4 }, resulting in a score of zero for that bowl. [ PJC ]