spoutless

[Eng. spout; -le .] Having no spout; destitute of a spout. "There the pitcher stands A fragment, and the spotle tea-pot there." Cowper: Task , iv. 776. sprăch-le (le as el), sprăc-kle, v. i. [Icel. sprokla.] To clamber, to struggle. ( Scotch .) "Sae far I sprachled up the brae." Burns: On Meeting with Lord Daer. sprăck, a . [Icel. sprækr , spaikr =brisk, lively; Gaelic & Irish spraic =strength, vigor.] [SPRY.] Spruce, sprightly, lively, animated. "He hath sae suddenly acquired all this fine sprack festivity and jocularity." -Scott: Waverley , ch. xliii. sprăc-kle, v . i . [SPRACHLE.] sprăg, v . t . [SPRAG (2), s .] To support with sprags. "A portion of it was spragged , but the first end, which was four yards in length, was without one."- Colliery Guardian, Nov. 5, 1880. sprăg, a. [A corrupt. of sprack (q.v.).] Quick, lively, active. "A good sprag memory."- Shakesp .: Merry Wives of Windsor, iv. 1. sprăg (1), s. [Cf. Icel. spraka =a small flounder.] 1. A young salmon. ( Eng. Prov.) 2. A half-grown cod. ( Eng . Prov.) sprăg (2), s . [Prob. allied to sprig (q. v.).] Α billet of wood; spec if., in mines, a diagonal prop or stay for preventing the roof of a mine from sinking in. " Sprags and other articles were thrown under the wheels without effect."-London Daily Telegraph.