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 Spout v. t. [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]