| Spout (spout) |
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| Spout |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Spouted] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Spouting.] [Cf. Sw. sputa, spruta, to spout, D.
spuit a spout, spuiten to spout, and E. spurt,
sprit, v., |
To throw
out forcibly and abudantly, as liquids through an office or a pipe; to
eject in a jet; as, an elephant spouts water from his
trunk.
To utter magniloquently; to recite in an
oratorical or pompous manner.
To pawn] to pledge; as, spout a
watch.
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To
issue with with violence, or in a jet, as a liquid through a narrow
orifice, or from a spout; as, water spouts from a hole; blood
spouts from an artery.
To eject water or liquid in a
jet.
To utter a speech, especially in a pompous
manner.
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That through which anything spouts; a
discharging lip, pipe, or orifice; a tube, pipe, or conductor of any
kind through which a liquid is poured, or by which it is conveyed in a
stream from one place to another; as, the spout of a teapot; a
spout for conducting water from the roof of a building.
A trough for conducting grain, flour, etc.,
into a receptacle.
A discharge or jet of water or other
liquid, esp. when rising in a column; also, a waterspout.
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