Dictionary entry

Gutta

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖Gut″ta (?), n.; pl.GuttÆ (#). 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(Med.), amaurosis. — Guttæ band(Arch.), the listel or band from which the guttæ hang.