Spout — Defs

01 v. t. 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.

imp. & p. p. Spouted; p. pr. & vb. n. Spouting

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.
To utter magniloquently; to recite in an oratorical or pompous manner.
“Pray, spout some French, son.” — Beau. & Fl.
3.
To pawn; to pledge; as, to spout a watch.[Cant]

02 v. i. To issue 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…

1.
To issue 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.
“All the glittering hill Is bright with spouting rills.” — Thomson.
2.
To eject water or liquid in a jet.
3.
To utter a speech, especially in a pompous manner.

03 n. That through which anything spouts; a discharging lip, pipe, or orifice; a tube, pipe, or conductor of any kind through which a liquid is p…

1.
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.
“In whales . . . an ejection thereof [water] is contrived by a fistula, or spout, at the head.” — Sir T. Browne.

“From silver spouts the grateful liquors glide.” — Pope.
2.
A trough for conducting grain, flour, etc., into a receptacle.
3.
A discharge or jet of water or other liquid, esp. when rising in a column; also, a waterspout.

Phrases & compounds

To put up the spout — to pawn or pledge at a pawnbroker's; -- in allusion to the spout up which the pawnbroker sent the ticketed articles.