gutter plane

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gutter plane - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Gutter \Gut"ter\, n. [OE. gotere, OF. goutiere, F. goutti[`e]re,
     fr. OF. gote, goute, drop, F. goutte, fr. L. gutta.]
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     1. A channel at the eaves of a roof for conveying away the
        rain; an eaves channel; an eaves trough.
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     2. A small channel at the roadside or elsewhere, to lead off
        surface water.
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              Gutters running with ale.             --Macaulay.
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     3. Any narrow channel or groove; as, a gutter formed by
        erosion in the vent of a gun from repeated firing.
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     4. (Bowling) Either of two sunken channels at either side of
        the bowling alley, leading directly to the sunken pit
        behind the pins. Balls not thrown accurately at the pins
        will drop into such a channel bypassing the pins, and
        resulting in a score of zero for that bowl.
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     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.
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