spout, spoute, spowte

[SPOUT, v.] I. Ordinary Language : IMG:content-0091.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0092.png:[blocks in formation] spout-plane, s. sprain, v . t . [O. French espreindre to pre , to Carp.: A round-soled plane used in hollowing out wring, to strain (Fr. épreindre ), from Lat. exprimo , from ex out, and premo =to pre .] To overstrain, as the muscles or ligaments of a joint, so as to injure them, but without luxation or dislocation. stuff for spouting and troughs. spout-shell, s. Zool.: The genus Aporrhais (q. v.). spout, v . t . & i. [According to Skeat, for sprout , from Sw. sputa , spruta =to squirt, to spout; spruta =a squirt, a pipe; Dan. sprude , sprutte to spout, to spurt; sprõite to squirt; Dut. spuiten to spout, to squirt; spuit a spout, a squirt; Ger. spritzen , sprützen, sprudeln =to spout, to squirt; Low. Ger. sprutten, sputtern ; Ir. & Gael. sput =to spout, to squirt.] IMG:content-0093.png:[blocks in formation] "The sudden turn may stretch the swelling vein, The cracking joint unhinge, or ankle sprain." Gay: Trivia, i. 38.