guttered

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It rained and didn't rain as the sun went fully down; it rained and didn't rain as I stepped along the rushing-guttered streets.

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  1. noun A channel at the edge of a street or road for carrying off surface water.
  2. noun A trough fixed under or along the eaves for draining rainwater from a roof. Also called regionally eaves spout, eaves trough, rainspout, spouting.
  3. noun A furrow or groove formed by running water.
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  • His candle, now a stump, guttered, spattered in its own wax, and went out. —  Died in the Wool - Ngaio Marsh - Alleyn 13: 1944
  • At the writing desk, the candle had burned to a stub, guttered, and died. —  THE LIGHTKEEPER
  • As the music slowed and the candles guttered, Max saw the white trail of a comet adrift along the curve of Nina's spine. —  F ;SF; - vol 089 issue 06 - December 1995
  • It had almost guttered, but a tiny flame caught on the candlewick nonetheless. —  Chance, Karen - Touch the Dark
  • The flame of Joscelin's oil lamp guttered, and I felt my lungs working for sustenance. —  Jacqueline Carey - Kushiel 02 - Kushiel's Chosen
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