3. To utter a speech, especially in a pompous manner.

Spout, n. [Cf. Sw. spruta a squirt, a syringe. See Spout, v. t.] 1.

That through which anything spouts; a discharging lip, pipe, or

orifice; a tube, pipe, or conductor of any kind through which a liquid

is poured, or by which it is conveyed in a stream from one place to

another; as, the spout of a teapot; a spout for conducting water from

the roof of a building. Addison. "A conduit with three issuing spouts."

Shak.

In whales . . . an ejection thereof [water] is contrived by a

fistula, or spout, at the head.

Sir T. Browne.

From silver spouts the grateful liquors glide.

Pope.

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