1. [n]  a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater
2. [v]  provide with gutters, of buildings
3. [v]  wear or cut gutters into; "The heavy rain guttered the soil"
4. [v]  flow in small streams; "Tears guttered down her face"
5. [v]  burn unsteadily, feebly, or low; flicker; "The cooling lava continued to gutter toward lower ground"

1. \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]
   
   
   
   {Gutter stick} (Printing), one of the pieces of furniture
      which separate pages in a form.
   
   

2. \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.
   
   

3. \Gut"ter\, v. i.
   To become channeled, as a candle when the flame flares in the
   wind.
   
   

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.