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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SPOUT, n. [G., to spit, and spotten is to mock, banter, sport. These are of one family; spout retaining nearly the primary and literal meaning. See Bud and Pout.]
1. A pipe, or a projecting mouth of a vessel, useful in directing the stream of a liquid poured out; as the spout of a pitcher, of a tea pot or water pot.
2. A pipe conducting water from another pipe, or from a trough on a house.
3. A violent discharge of water raised in a column at sea, like a whirlwind, or by a whirlwind. [See Water-spout.]
SPOUT, v.t.
1. To throw out, as liquids through a narrow orifice or pipe; as, an elephant spouts water from his trunk.
Next on his belly floats the mighty whale--He spouts the tide.
2. To throw out words with affected gravity; to mouth.
SPOUT, v.i. To issue with violence, as a liquid through a narrow orifice or from a spout; as, water spouts from a cask or a spring; blood spouts from a vein.
All the glittering hill is bright with spouting rills.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an opening that allows the passage of liquids or grain v
1: gush forth in a sudden stream or jet; "water gushed forth" [syn: spurt, spirt, gush, spout]
2: talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner [syn: rant, mouth off, jabber, spout, rabbit on, rave]

Merriam Webster's

I. verb Etymology: Middle English; akin to Middle Dutch spoiten to spout, Old English sp?wan to spew Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to eject (as liquid) in a stream <wells spouting oil> 2. a. to speak or utter readily, volubly, and at length b. to speak or utter in a pompous or oratorical manner ; declaim <a candidate spouting empty promises> intransitive verb 1. to issue with force or in a jet ; spurt 2. to eject material (as liquid) in a jet 3. declaim • spouter noun II. noun Date: 14th century 1. a pipe or conductor through which a liquid is discharged or conveyed in a stream: as a. a pipe for carrying rainwater from a roof b. a projecting tube or lip from which a liquid (as water) issues 2. a discharge or jet of liquid or moisture from or as if from a pipe: as a. waterspout b. the blowing of a whale 3. archaic pawnshop • spouted adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a a projecting tube or lip through which a liquid etc. is poured from a teapot, kettle, jug, etc., or issues from a fountain, pump, etc. b a sloping trough down which a thing may be shot into a receptacle. c hist. a lift serving a pawnbroker's storeroom. 2 a jet or column of liquid, grain, etc. 3 (in full spout-hole) a whale's blow-hole. --v.tr. & intr. 1 discharge or issue forcibly in a jet. 2 utter (verses etc.) or speak in a declamatory manner, speechify. Phrases and idioms: up the spout sl. 1 useless, ruined, hopeless. 2 pawned. 3 pregnant. Derivatives: spouter n. spoutless adj. Etymology: ME f. MDu. spouten, orig. imit.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Spout Spout, v. i. 1. 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. All the glittering hill Is bright with spouting rills. --Thomson. 2. To eject water or liquid in a jet. 3. To utter a speech, especially in a pompous manner.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Spout Spout, v. t. [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., sprout, sputter; or perhaps akin to E. spit to eject from the mouth.] 1. 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. Who kept Jonas in the fish's maw Till he was spouted up at Ninivee? --Chaucer. Next on his belly floats the mighty whale . . . He spouts the tide. --Creech. 2. To utter magniloquently; to recite in an oratorical or pompous manner. Pray, spout some French, son. --Beau. & Fl. 3. To pawn; to pledge; as, spout a watch. [Cant]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Spout Spout, n. [Cf. Sw. spruta a squirt, a syringe. See Spout, v. t.] 1. 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. --Addison. ``A conduit with three issuing spouts.'' --Shak. In whales . . . an ejection thereof [water] is contrived by a fistula, or spout, at the head. --Sir T. Browne. From silver spouts the grateful liquors glide. --Pope. 2. A trough for conducting grain, flour, etc., into a receptacle. 3. A discharge or jet of water or other liquid, esp. when rising in a column; also, a waterspout. To put, shove, or pop, up the spout, to pawn or pledge at a pawnbroker's; -- in allusion to the spout up which the pawnbroker sent the ticketed articles. [Cant]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(spouts, spouting, spouted) 1. If something spouts liquid or fire, or if liquid or fire spout out of something, it comes out very quickly with a lot of force. He replaced the boiler when the last one began to spout flames... The main square has a fountain that spouts water 40 feet into the air... In a storm, water spouts out of the blowhole just like a whale. VERB: V n, V n prep, V adv/prep 2. A spout of liquid is a long stream of it which is coming out of something very forcefully. = jet N-COUNT 3. If you say that a person spouts something, you disapprove of them because they say something which you do not agree with or which you think they do not honestly feel. He used his column to spout ill-informed criticism of the Scots rugby team. VERB: V n [disapproval] • Spout forth and spout off mean the same as spout. ...an estate agent spouting forth about houses... PHRASAL VERB: V P about n 4. A spout is a long, hollow part of a container through which liquids can be poured out easily. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. 1. Ajutage, tube, conduit. 2. Nozzle, nose. 3. Waterspout. II. v. a. 1. Spirit, pour out (through a narrow orifice), squirt. 2. Utter (pompously), mouth, declaim, speak. III. v. n. 1. Gush, issue, spirt. 2. (Colloq.) Declaim, rant, make a speech, hold forth, speechify.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

To rehearse theatrically.

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