/gut"euh/ , n. , pl. guttae /gut"ee/ .
1. a drop, or something resembling one.
2. Also called drop . Archit. one of a series of pendent ornaments, generally in the form of a frustum of a cone, attached to the undersides of the mutules of the Doric entablature.
[ 1350-1400; ME goute, gutta gutta a drop ]