- (v.i.) 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.
- (v.t.) 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.
- (v.t.) To utter magniloquently; to recite in an oratorical or pompous manner.
- (v.i.) To eject water or liquid in a jet.
- (v.t.) A discharge or jet of water or other liquid, especially when rising in a column; also, a waterspout.
- (v.i.) To utter a speech, especially in a pompous manner.
- (v.t.) A trough for conducting grain, flour, etc., into a receptacle.
- (v.t.) 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.
- (v.t.) To pawn; to pledge; as, spout a watch.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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