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Definition of Spouts
1. spout [v] - See also: spout
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spouts
Literary usage of Spouts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"i. A pipe, or mouth of a pipe or vessel, out of which any thing is poured. Pope.
She gasping to begin some speech, her eyes Became two spouts. ..."
2. Popular Lectures on Science and Art: Delivered in the Principal Cities and by Dionysius Lardner (1846)
"Difference between Waterand Land spouts.—Land-Spout at Montpellier. ...
Noise attending Water and Land spouts.—Transition from direct to gyratory Motion. ..."
3. The Youth's Companion, Or, An Historical Dictionary: Consisting of Articles by Ezra Sampson (1816)
"FIRE-spouts. Torrents of liquid fire have sometimes burst from the earth and
overwhelmed the adjacent country, in a manner somewhat different from the ..."
4. Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Hon. Thomas L. Clingman, of by Thomas Lanier Clingman (1877)
"WATER spouts. LECTURE BEFORE THE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON, JANUARY,
... In other words, the water spouts fell irregularly over an area of thirty ..."
5. Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Hon. Thomas L. Clingman, of by Thomas Lanier Clingman (1877)
"The distance from the spot where the most westerly of the water spouts fell, ...
In other words, the water spouts fell irregularly over an area of thirty ..."
6. The Youth's Companion, Or, An Historical Dictionary: Consisting of Articles by Ezra Sampson (1813)
"FIRE-spouts. Torrents of liquid fire have sometimes burst from the earth and ...
In 1783, three fire-spouts broke out in Iceland, in the province of ..."
7. Aztec Land by Maturin Murray Ballou (1890)
"On these dry and sterile plains sand-spouts are frequently seen ; indeed, ...
These are created just as water-spouts are formed on the ocean, ..."
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