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ˈspoutless, a.
[f. spout n.]
Destitute or deprived of a spout.
1784Cowper Task iv. 776 There the pitcher stands A fragment, and the spoutless tea-pot there. 1824Blackw. Mag. XV. 152 An old squat spoutless china tea-pot. 1857Geo. Eliot Ess. (1884) 73 The spoutless tea-pot holding a bit of mignonette. 1897M. Kingsley W. Africa 209 These utensils are spoutless and round. |