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<p><b>2.</b> <def>To plunder of contents; to destroy or remove the interior or contents of; <as>as, a mob <ex>gutted</ex> the bouse</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Tom Brown, of facetious memory, having <b>gutted</b> a proper name of its vowels, used it as freely as he pleased. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Gutta</h1> <Xpage=659>

<hw>Gut"ta</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Gutt\'92</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A drop.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>One of a series of ornaments, in the form of a frustum of a cone, attached to the lower part of the triglyphs, and also to the lower faces of the mutules, in the Doric order; -- called also <altname>campana</altname>, and <altname>drop</altname>.</def>

<cs><col>Gutta serena</col> <ety>[L., lit. serene or clear drop]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>amaurosis.</cd> -- <col>Gutt\'91 band</col>> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>the listel or band from which the gutt\'91 hang.</cd></cs>

<h1>Gutta-percha</h1> <Xpage=659>

<hw>Gut"ta-per`cha</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Malay <ets>gutah</ets> gum + <ets>pertja</ets> the tree from which is it procured.]</ety> <def>A concrete juice produced by various trees found in the Malayan archipelago, especially by the <spn>Isonandra, &or; Dichopsis, Gutta</spn>. 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 <spn>Mimusops globosa</spn> of Guiana also yields this material.</def>

<h1>Guttate</h1> <Xpage=659>

<hw>Gut"tate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>guttatus</ets>. Cf. <er>Gutty</er>.]</ety> <def>Spotted, as if discolored by drops.</def>

<h1>Guttated</h1> <Xpage=659>

<hw>Gut"ta*ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Guttate</er>.]</ety> <def>Besprinkled with drops, or droplike spots.</def>

<i>Bailey.</i>

<h1>Guttatrap</h1> <Xpage=659>

<hw>Gut"ta*trap</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The inspissated juice of a tree of the genus <spn>Artocarpus</spn> (<spn>A. incisa</spn>, or breadfruit tree), sometimes used in making birdlime, on account of its glutinous quality.</def>

<h1>Gutter</h1> <Xpage=659>

<hw>Gut"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>gotere</ets>, OF. <ets>goutiere</ets>, F. <ets>goutti\'8are</ets>, fr. OF. <ets>gote</ets>, <ets>goute</ets>, drop, F. <ets>goutte</ets>, fr. L. <ets>gutta</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A channel at the eaves of a roof for conveying away the rain; an eaves channel; an eaves trough.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A small channel at the roadside or elsewhere, to lead off surface water.</def>

<blockquote><b>Gutters</b> running with ale. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Any narrow channel or groove; <as>as, a gutter formed by erosion in the vent of a gun from repeated firing</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Gutter member</col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>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.</cd> -- <col>Gutter plane</col>, <cd>a carpenter's plane with a rounded bottom for planing out gutters.</cd> -- <col>Gutter snipe</col></mcol>, <cd>a neglected boy running at large; a street Arab. <mark>[Slang]</mark></cd> -- <col>Gutter stick</col> <fld>(Printing)</fld>, <cd>one of the pieces of furniture which separate pages in a form.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Gut*ter</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Guttered</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Guttering</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To cut or form into small longitudinal hollows; to channel.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To supply with a gutter or gutters.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Dryden.</i>

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