- spowt
- a youth. N.
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England. Francis Grose. 1790.
spowt
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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
downspout — /down spowt /, n. a pipe for conveying rain water from a roof or gutter to the ground or to a drain. Also called drainspout; Brit., downpipe. [1895 1900; DOWN1 + SPOUT] * * * … Universalium
drainspout — /drayn spowt /, n. downspout. [DRAIN + SPOUT] * * * … Universalium
rainspout — /rayn spowt /, n. waterspout (def. 1). [1920 25; RAIN + SPOUT] * * * … Universalium
waterspout — /waw teuhr spowt , wot euhr /, n. 1. Also called rainspout. a pipe running down the side of a house or other building to carry away water from the gutter of the roof. 2. a spout, duct, or the like, from which water is discharged. 3. a funnel… … Universalium
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
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… …
rainspout — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : waterspout * * * /rayn spowt /, n. waterspout (def. 1). [1920 25; RAIN + SPOUT] … Useful english dictionary
drainspout — /drayn spowt /, n. downspout. [DRAIN + SPOUT] … Useful english dictionary
aspout — /ə spowtˈ/ (archaic) adverb Spoutingly ORIGIN: ↑a 1 … Useful english dictionary
