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Strictly speaking, gargoyles are spouts carved on the outsides of a building. They protrude from a roof gutter and are designed to direct water away from the roof. The word 'gargoyle' comes from the Old French gargouille and the Late Latin gurgulio, both of which mean 'throat.' While we usually think of gargoyles as being carved in the shapes of grotesque animals or people, some are undecorated, serving a purely utilitarian function.

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