upspout en · VERB
Etymology
From up- + spout.
Meanings
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(poetic) To spout upward.
And swift from underneath upspout / Thick showers of hissing arrows that down-rain / Their rattling drops upon the walls, […]
1868, Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton Earl of Lytton, New Poems: Chronicles and characters, page 313:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| upspouting | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| upspouted | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| upspouted | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| upspouts | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |