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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Gut(t)er, v. [e.m.E. (1534) and ME. gutter (c 1420).] tr. To furnish with a gutter or gutters. —1387 Edinb. Charters 35.
Betwene the chapellis [to be] guteryt with hewyn stane to cast the watir owte 1394 Liber Aberbr. 42.
That Wyllam Plumer sal theke the mekil quer … wyth lede, and guttir yt al abowt sufficiandly with iede
