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up the spout

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

            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.

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

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

   {To put}, {shove}, or {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]
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