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• Spout — Spout, n. [Cf. Sw. spruta a squirt, a syringe. See {Spout}, v. t.] 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• spout — [spout] n. [ME spute, spoute < the v.] 1. a lip, orifice, or projecting tube, as on a teapot, in a drinking fountain, etc., by which a liquid is poured or discharged 2. a) a stream, jet, or discharge of or as of liquid from a spout b) the… …   English World dictionary

• spout — ► NOUN 1) a projecting tube or lip through or over which liquid can be poured from a container. 2) a stream of liquid issuing with great force. 3) a pipe, trough, or chute for conveying liquid, grain, etc. ► VERB 1) send out or flow forcibly in a …   English terms dictionary

• Grain elevator — Saskatchewan Wheat Pool No. 7, Thunder Bay, Ontario. A grain elevator is a tower containing a bucket elevator, which scoops up, elevates, and then uses gravity to deposit grain in a silo or other storage facility. In most …   Wikipedia

• spout — spouter, n. spoutless, adj. spoutlike, adj. /spowt/, v.t. 1. to emit or discharge forcibly (a liquid, granulated substance, etc.) in a stream or jet. 2. Informal. to state or declaim volubly or in an oratorical manner: He spouted his theories on… …   Universalium

• spout — /spaʊt / (say spowt) verb (t) 1. to discharge or emit (a liquid, etc.) in a stream with some force. 2. Colloquial to utter or declaim in an oratorical manner. –verb (i) 3. to discharge a liquid, etc., in a jet or continuous stream. 4. to issue… …  

• spout — n. & v. n. 1 a a projecting tube or lip through which a liquid etc. is poured from a teapot, kettle, jug, etc., or issues from a fountain, pump, etc. b a sloping trough down which a thing may be shot into a receptacle. c hist. a lift serving a… …   Useful english dictionary

• spout — noun 1》 a projecting tube or lip through or over which liquid can be poured from a container. 2》 a stream of liquid issuing with great force. 3》 a pipe, trough, or chute for conveying liquid, grain, etc.     ↘historical a lift in a pawnshop used… …   English new terms dictionary

• spout — [[t]spaʊt[/t]] v. t. 1) to discharge in a stream or jet: volcanoes spouting ash and lava[/ex] 2) to state or declaim volubly or in a pompous manner: spouting theories on foreign policy[/ex] 3) to issue in a jet or continuous stream 4) to issue… …   From formal English to slang

• To pop up the spout — Spout Spout, n. [Cf. Sw. spruta a squirt, a syringe. See {Spout}, v. t.] 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• To put up the spout — Spout Spout, n. [Cf. Sw. spruta a squirt, a syringe. See {Spout}, v. t.] 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English