Spouse"less, a. Destitute of a spouse; unmarried.
Spous"ess, n. A wife or bride. [Obs.] Fabyan.
Spout (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spouted; p. pr. & vb. n. Spouting.] [Cf.
Sw. sputa, spruta, to spout, D. spuit a spout, spuiten to spout, and E.
spurt, sprit, v., sprout, sputter; or perhaps akin to E. spit to eject
from the mouth.] 1. To throw out forcibly and abudantly, as liquids
through an office 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.