Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SPOUT
SPOUT, v.t.
- To throw out, as liquids through a narrow orifice or pipe; as, an elephant spouts water from his trunk. Next on his belly floats the mighty whale … / He spouts the tide. – Creech.
- To throw out words with affected gravity; to mouth. – Beaum.
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