Main Entry:

²gutter

Function:

verb

Date:

14th century

transitive verb

1: to cut or wear gutters in2: to provide with a gutterintransitive verb1 a: to flow in rivulets bof a candle : to melt away through a channel out of the side of the cup hollowed out by the burning wick2: to incline downward in a draft <the candle flame guttering>