A term applied to the blowing or breathing of whales and other cetaceans. The expired air, highly charged with moisture from the lungs, has frequently been mistaken for a stream of water. (See also water-spout.)
·vi To eject water or liquid in a jet. II. Spout ·vi To utter a speech, especially in a pompous man...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
To rehearse theatrically. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
To make a speech, especially in debating-clubs, etc. ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
The jetting of sea-water over the adjacent lands, when forced through a perforation in a rocky shore...
The Sailor's Word-Book
A large mass of water collected in a vertical column, and moving rapidly along the surface of the se...