Sentence:  Its <WSD>guttery</WSD> flare exposed a bed, with a thin mattress and a skimpy cover, shoved close up under the sloping wall; a sprained chair on its last legs; an old horsehide trunk; a shaky washstand of cheap yellow pine, garnished forth with an ewer and a basin; a limp, frayed towel; and a minute segment of pale pink soap. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Having a guttering flame; flickering and weak.