POUT

n. v.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The young of some birds, as grouse; a young fowl. Carew.

2.
v.

To shoot pouts. [Scot.]

3.
v.

To thrust out the lips, as in sullenness or displeasure; hence, to look sullen. Thou poutest upon thy fortune and thy love. Shak.

4.
v.

To protrude. "Pouting lips." Dryden.

5.
n.

A sullen protrusion of the lips; a fit of sullenness. "Jack's in the pouts." J. & H. Smith.

6.
n.

The European whiting pout or bib. Eel pout. (Zoöl.) See Eelpout. -- Horn pout, or Horned pout. (Zoöl.) See Bullhead (b).


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