guttering

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adjective

Of a small flame, flickering and about to be extinguished.

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Meanings

adjective
  1. Of a small flame, flickering and about to be extinguished.

    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;

    1919, Siegfried Sassoon, The Dug-out
nounguttering (usually uncountable, plural gutterings)

plural gutterings

  1. uncountableusuallyGutters, collectively.
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of gutter
Cite this entry
APA

guttering. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guttering

MLA

“guttering.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guttering. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “guttering,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guttering.

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