Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Sourt \Sourt\, n.
   1. A sudden or violent ejection or gushing of a liquid, as of
      water from a tube, orifice, or other confined place, or of
      blood from a wound; a jet; a spirt.

   2. A shoot; a bud. [Obs.] --Holland.

   3. Fig.: A sudden outbreak; as, a spurt of jealousy.

   {Spurt grass} (Bot.), a rush fit for basket work. --Dr.
      Prior.