guttering

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Noun

guttering (uncountable)

1. Gutters collectively.

Verb

1. present participle of gutter#English|gutter

Adjective

1. (of a small flame) flickering and about to be extinguished
   • 1919, Siegfried Sassoon, The Dug-out

     Why do you lie with your legs ungainly huddled,

     And one arm bent across your sullen cold

     Exhausted face? It hurts my heart to watch you,

     Deep-shadow'd from the candle's guttering gold;

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