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Webster 1913 Edition
Spurt
Spurt
(spûrt)
, Verb.
I.
[Written also , ]
spirt
, and originally the same word as sprit
; OE. sprutten
to sprout, AS. spryttan
. See Sprit
, Verb.
I.
Sprout
, Verb.
I.
To gush or issue suddenly or violently out in a stream, as liquor from a cask; to rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet; to spirt.
Thus the small jet, which hasty hands unlock,
Spurts
in the gardener’s eyes who turns the cock. Pope.
Spurt
,Verb.
T.
To throw out, as a liquid, in a stream or jet; to drive or force out with violence, as a liquid from a pipe or small orifice;
as, to
. spurt
water from the mouthSpurt
,Noun.
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 jealousySpurt grass
(Bot.)
, a rush fit for basket work.
Dr. Prior.
Spurt
(spûrt)
, Noun.
[Cf. Icel.
sprettr
a spurt, spring, run, spretta
to spirt, spring.] A sudden and energetic effort, as in an emergency; an increased exertion for a brief space.
The long, steady sweep of the so-called “paddle” tried him almost as much as the breathless strain of the
spurt
. T. Hughes.
Spurt
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Spurted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Spurting
.] To make a sudden and violent exertion, as in an emergency.
Webster 1828 Edition
Spurt
SPURT
,Verb.
T.
SPURT
,Verb.
I.
Then the small jet, which hasty hands unlock, spurts in the gardners eyes who turns the cock.
SPURT
,Noun.
1.
A sudden or violent ejection or gushing of a liquid substance from a tube, orifice or other confined place; a jet.2.
A sudden or short occasion or exigency; sudden effort. [Vulgar.]