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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Gutta  \Gut"ta\,  n.;  pl  {Gutt[AE]}.  [L.] 
  1.  A  drop. 
 
  2.  (Arch.)  One  of  a  series  of  ornaments,  in  the  form  of  a 
  frustum  of  a  cone,  attached  to  the  lower  part  of  the 
  triglyphs,  and  also  to  the  lower  faces  of  the  mutules,  in 
  the  Doric  order  --  called  also  {campana},  and  {drop}. 
 
  {Gutta  serena}  [L.,  lit.  serene  or  clear  drop]  (Med.), 
  amaurosis. 
 
  {Gutt[ae]  band}>  (Arch.),  the  listel  or  band  from  which  the 
  gutt[ae]  hang. 




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