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guttering

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guttering [′gəd·ə·riŋ]
(engineering)
A process of quarrying stone in which channels, several inches wide, are cut by hand tools, and the stone block is detached from the bed by pinch bars.
(mining engineering)
The process of cutting gutters in a mine shaft.
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They were just at the steps when a big drop fell splashing on the edge of the iron guttering.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
But, the friendly dawn appearing at last, and the rush-candles of the village guttering out, the people happily dispersed, and Monsieur Gabelle came down bringing his life with him for that while.
A Tale Of Two Cities by Dickens, Charles View in context
(Can you imagine language, once clear-cut and exact, softening and guttering, losing shape and import, becoming mere limps of sound again?
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