Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - spout
Spout
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 pawnbroker's storeroom. 2 a jet or column of liquid, grain, etc. 3 (in full spout-hole) a whale's blow-hole. --v.tr. & intr. 1 discharge or issue forcibly in a jet. 2 utter (verses etc.) or speak in a declamatory manner, speechify. Phrases and idioms up the spout sl. 1 useless, ruined, hopeless. 2 pawned. 3 pregnant. Derivatives spouter n. spoutless adj. Etymology: ME f. MDu. spouten, orig. imit.
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I. verb Etymology: Middle English; akin to Middle Dutch spoiten to ~, Old English spīwan to spew Date: 14th century transitive verb to eject (as liquid) in a stream , 2. to speak or utter readily, volubly, and at length, to speak or utter in a pompous or oratorical manner ; declaim , intransitive verb to issue with force or in a jet ; spurt, to eject material (as liquid) in a jet, declaim, ~er noun II. noun Date: 14th century a pipe or conductor through which a liquid is discharged or conveyed in a stream: as, a pipe for carrying rainwater from a roof, a projecting tube or lip from which a liquid (as water) issues, a discharge or jet of liquid or moisture from or as if from a pipe: as, water~, the blowing of a whale, pawnshop, ~ed adjective ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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