SPOUT

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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. 1. To throw out forcibly and abundantly, as liquids through an orifice 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. 2. To utter magniloquently; to recite in an oratorical or pompous manner.
Pray, spout some French, son. Beau. & Fl. 3. 3. To pawn; to pledge; as, to spout a watch.