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spout-hole
[f. spout v.]
1. The blow-hole or spiracle of a whale or other cetacean.
1694Narborough Voy. ii. 126 He hath a Spouthole on his Head..like a Whale. 1725Phil. Trans. XXXIII. 261 Their Way of Breathing is by two Spout-Holes in the Top of the Head. 1770Ibid. LX. 322 The spout-hole..appeared to be provided with a sphincter. 1840F. D. Bennett Narr. Whaling Voy. II. 151 One of this species..expanded its spout-hole, and produced a sucking sound on inspiration. 1845J. Coulter Adv. in Pacific ii. 12 Whales of every kind blowing the water from their spout-holes.
2. A natural opening in rocks through which the sea spouts.
1849Dana Geol. 272 Some of the spout-holes of Koloa are unusually grand.
3. Mining. A short siding or narrow heading.
1883Gresley Gloss. Coal-m. 232. |