guttae

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guttae - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Gutta \Gut"ta\, n.; pl. Guttae. [L.]
     1. A drop.
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     2. (Arch.) 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 campana, and drop.
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     Gutta serena [L., lit. serene or clear drop] (Med.),
        amaurosis.
  
     Gutt[ae] band (Arch.), the listel or band from which the
        gutt[ae] hang.
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