Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
SPOUT
I. verb
Etymology: Middle English; akin to Middle Dutch spoiten to spout, Old English spīwan to spew
Date: 14th century
transitive verb to eject (as liquid) in a stream ,
2. to speak or utter readily, volubly, and at length, to speak or utter in a pompous or oratorical manner ; declaim , intransitive verb to issue with force or in a jet ; spurt , to eject material (as liquid) in a jet, declaim , spouter noun
II. noun
Date: 14th century
a pipe or conductor through which a liquid is discharged or conveyed in a stream: as, a pipe for carrying rainwater from a roof, a projecting tube or lip from which a liquid (as water) issues, a discharge or jet of liquid or moisture from or as if from a pipe: as, waterspout , the blowing of a whale, pawnshop , spouted adjective