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A narrow passage of water; as, the Gut of Canso.

to the lower faces of the mutules, in the Doric order; -- called also campana, and drop. Gutta serena Etym: [L., lit. serene or clear drop] (Med.), amaurosis. -- Guttæ band (Arch.), the listel or band from which the guttæ hang.

arious trees found in the Malayan archipelago, especially by the Isonandra, or Dichopsis, Gutta. It becomes soft, and unpressible at the tamperature of boiling water, and, on cooling, retains its new shape. It dissolves in oils and ethers, but not in water. In many of its properties it resembles caoutchouc, and it is e…

Spotted, as if discolored by drops.

Besprinkled with drops, or droplike spots. Bailey.

The inspissated juice of a tree of the genus Artocarpus (A. incisa, or breadfruit tree), sometimes used in making birdlime, on account of its glutinous quality.

A small channel at the roadside or elsewhere, to lead off surface water. Gutters running with ale. Macaulay.

A small poster, suitable for a curbstone.

A plant that exudes gum or resin.

Pertaining to a natural order of trees and shrubs (Guttiferæ) noted for their abounding in a resinous sap.

Drop-shaped, as a spot of color.

To put into the gut; to swallow greedily; to gorge; to gormandize. [Obs.] L'Estrange. Dryden.

A greedy eater; a glutton. [Obs.]

In droplike form. [Obs.] In its [hail's] guttulous descent from the air. Sir T. Browne.

, or characteristic of, a sound formed in the throat. Children are occasionally born with guttural swellings. W. Guthrie. In such a sweet, guttural accent. Landor.

The quality of being guttural; as, the gutturalism of A [in the 16th cent.] Earle.

The quality of being guttural. [R.] "The old gutturality of k." Earle.

To speak gutturally; to give a guttural sound to.

In a guttural manner.

The quality of being guttural.