gutter
noun
[ ˈɡʌtə ]
• a shallow trough fixed beneath the edge of a roof for carrying off rainwater.
• the blank space between facing pages of a book or between adjacent columns of type or stamps in a sheet.
gutter
verb
• (of a candle or flame) flicker and burn unsteadily.
• make channels or furrows in (something).
• "my cheeks are guttered with tears"
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.
