Spout

spowt, v.t. to throw out, as from a pipe: to utter volubly: to pawn, pledge.— v.i. to i ue with violence, as from a pipe: to speak volubly, to speechify.— n. the projecting mouth of a ve el from which a stream i ues: a pipe for conducting a liquid: a term applied to the blowing or breathing of whales and other cetaceans.— ns. Spout′er , one who, or that which, spouts: a speechifier: a South Sea whale, a skilful whaler; Spout′-hole , an orifice for discharging a liquid, a whale's spiracle.— adj. Spout′le , wanting a spout. [Skeat explains that spout , like speak , has lost an r , thus standing for sprout , the r being preserved in spurt , with nearly the same sense as spout . Sw. sputa for spruta , to squirt; Dut. spuiten .]