Gutter-spout

Gutter-spout
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  • gutter — {{11}}gutter (n.) late 13c., watercourse, water drainage channel along the side of a street, from Anglo Norman gotere, from O.Fr. guitere, goutiere (13c., Mod.Fr. gouttière) gutter, spout (of water), from goute a drop, from L. gutta a drop.… …   Etymology dictionary

  • gutter — [n] ditch channel, conduit, culvert, dike, drain, duct, eaves, fosse, funnel, gully, moat, pipe, runnel, sewer, sluice, spout, sulcation, trench, trough, tube, watercourse; concept 440 …   New thesaurus

  • gutter — /ˈgʌtə / (say gutuh) noun 1. a channel at the side (or in the middle) of a road or street, for leading off surface water. 2. any channel, trough, or the like for carrying off fluid. 3. Also, gully; Chiefly Victoria and Tasmania, spout. a channel… …  

  • spout — /spaʊt / (say spowt) verb (t) 1. to discharge or emit (a liquid, etc.) in a stream with some force. 2. Colloquial to utter or declaim in an oratorical manner. –verb (i) 3. to discharge a liquid, etc., in a jet or continuous stream. 4. to issue… …  

  • gutter — n drain, sewer, cloaca, culvert, conduit; duct, O v. Eng. aqueduct, watercourse, canal, channel, flume; trough, eaves trough, open tube, trench, ditch, Brit. sough; shoot, hole, furrow, groove, race, rut, chase; spout, gargoyle, watersprout,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • eave spout — Chiefly New Eng. waterspout (def. 1). Also, eaves spout. [1885 90, Amer.] * * * eave trough or eave spout, a gutter along the eaves of a house to carry away rain water …   Useful english dictionary

  • rain|spout — «RAYN SPOWT», noun. a spout draining the gutter of a roof; downspout …   Useful english dictionary

  • gargoyle — gargoyled, adj. /gahr goyl/, n. 1. a grotesquely carved figure of a human or animal. 2. a spout, terminating in a grotesque representation of a human or animal figure with open mouth, projecting from the gutter of a building for throwing rain… …   Universalium

  • waterspout — /waw teuhr spowt , wot euhr /, n. 1. Also called rainspout. a pipe running down the side of a house or other building to carry away water from the gutter of the roof. 2. a spout, duct, or the like, from which water is discharged. 3. a funnel… …   Universalium

  • Itsy Bitsy Spider — (also known as Eensy Weensy Spider [Or Incey Wincey or Teensy Weensy or Inky Pinky .] ) is a popular nursery rhyme that describes the adventures of a spider as it ascends, descends and reascends the downspout or waterspout of a gutter system (or …   Wikipedia

  • drain — Synonyms and related words: abate, ablate, ablation, abrade, abridge, absorb, absorption, abstract, abuse, achromatize, acquire, air dry, anhydrate, assimilate, assimilation, attrition, bake, bankrupt, bate, bereave, blackmail, blanch, bleach,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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