[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

spout \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.
      1913 webster

            in whales . . . an ejection thereof water is
            contrived by a fistula, or spout, at the head. --sir
                                                  t. browne.
      1913 webster

            from silver spouts the grateful liquors glide.
                                                  --pope.
      1913 webster

   2. a trough for conducting grain, flour, etc., into a
      receptacle.
      1913 webster

   3. a discharge or jet of water or other liquid, esp. when
      rising in a column; also, a waterspout.
      1913 webster

   to put up the spout, to shove up the spout, or to pop up
   the spout, to pawn or pledge at a pawnbroker's; -- in
      allusion to the spout up which the pawnbroker sent the
      ticketed articles. cant
      1913 webster
see also:
spout to put up the spout to shove up the spout to pop up the spout 

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Definition of Up The Spout from dictionary.net
...To put, shove, or pop, up the spout, to pawn or pledge at a pawnbroker' ... we found 1 entry for the meaning of up the spout.  . Spout \Spout\, n ... ..
http://www.dictionary.net/up+the+spout, score=100, date indexed=January 1, 2006, 9:26 am

To put up the spout - definition of To put up the spout by the Free Online ...
...To put up. To put up the spout. To put up to. To put up with. To quit ... To raise the horn. To raise the wind. To rake out. To rake up. To rap ... ..
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/To%20put%20up%20the%20spout, score=54, date indexed=December 18, 2005, 4:45 am

Arthur . Parents & Teachers . Rainy Days | PBS Kids
...... put on your raincoat, zip it up, and tie the hood. Pretend to go ... up all the rain. And the itsy bitsy spider. Climbed up the spout again ... ..
http://www.pbskids.org/arthur/parentsteachers/activities/acts/rainy_days.html, score=25, date indexed=January 14, 2006, 6:32 am

Just a Few Words That They Used
...... put (or shove) up the spout" was to pawn; "up the spout" meant to was ... base ring made up of the knob, the neck, the fillet and the base of ... ..
http://www.angelfire.com/me/reenact/terms.html, score=16, date indexed=January 28, 2006, 6:44 am

Chapter Words Relating to the Voluntary Powers of Index by Roget's Thesaurus
...... To borrow of Peter to pay Paul; to run into debt; to put up the spout. ... put into one's pocket, bag, sack; to ease one of.. To pick up, gather ... ..
http://www.bibliomania.com/2/3/269/1626/21926/4.html, score=12, date indexed=November 20, 2005, 4:46 am

Definition of Spout from dictionary.net
...To put, shove, or pop, up the spout, to pawn or pledge at a pawnbroker' ... entries for the meaning of spout.  . Spout \Spout\, v. i.. 1. To issue ... ..
http://www.dictionary.net/spout, score=8, date indexed=January 2, 2006, 11:37 am

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