n.
Function: transitive verb
Date: 14th century
1 : to cut or wear gutters in
2 : to provide with a gutter
intransitive verb
1 a : to flow in rivulets b of a candle : to melt away through a channel out of the side of the cup hollowed out by the burning wick
2 : to incline downward in a draft <the candle flame gutter ing >