spout holen.

1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. xxv. xxi. 1026 Shee had a spout hole [L. fistulam] in the top of her head, out of which shee cast great store of water.

1694 tr. F. Martens Voy. Spitzbergen 126 in Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. He hath a Spout hole [Ger. Blaseloch] on his Head..like a Whale.

1726 Philos. Trans. 1725 (Royal Soc.) 33 261 Their Way of Breathing is by two Spout-Holes in the Top of the Head.

1771 Philos. Trans. 1770 (Royal Soc.) 60 322 The spout-hole..appeared to be provided with a sphincter.

1840 F. D. Bennett Narr. Whaling Voy. II. 151 One of this species..expanded its spout-hole, and produced a sucking sound on inspiration.

1845 J. Coulter Adventures Pacific ii. 12 Whales of every kind blowing the water from their spout-holes.

1958 C. D. Brower King of Arctic i. 18 The women brought fresh water in a bucket and carefully poured some on the spouthole of the dead whitefish.

2014 J. Phillips White Whale ii. i. 23 Now it was blood spurting from the spout hole, blood raining down on us like we'd struck oil.

1800 T. Hodson Accomplished Tutor II. 377 [There is] as much water discharged at the spout-hole as fills that part of the pump-barrel through which the plunger moves.

1906 Mining Reporter 17 May 487/2 Sheet iron plates are used to floor the chutes. They end in a spout hole which discharges on the main track or on a short spur siding.

1978 Pop. Mech. Dec. 138/3 Cut off the spout and insert a small paintbrush in the spout hole.

2010 E. Reason Ceramics for Beginners: Wheel Throwing 18 Hole-making tools are helpful for creating spout holes in clay teapots.

1849 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Geol. 272 Some of the spout-holes of Koloa are unusually grand.

1853 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 65 169 There is an elevated layer of coral reef-rock, twenty feet thick, worn out into caverns, and with many spout-holes.

1900 Geogr. Jrnl. 15 286 Savaii stands first as regards its coast scenery, with its cavernous recesses, spout-holes, etc.

2006 B. Lopez & D. Gwartney Home Ground 188 If the air is calm and the spout is strong and sufficiently high, the freezing water will build up around the spout hole in the shape of a cone.

1861 Spectator 19 Jan. 52/2 It involved five or six miles of walking on rough, uneven ground, creeping through narrow passages, ‘spout-holes’, ‘windways’, [etc.].

1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining 232 Spout-hole (S[outh] W[ales]), a short siding upon which trams are loaded in the pit.

1921 Mines Dept.: Final Rep. Spontaneous Combustion Coal 69 in Parl. Papers (Cmd. 1417) XV. 405 It was the custom to drive ‘spout-holes’ across the main roads, so forming diamond and triangle-shaped pillars.

1953 Ann. Rep. State Inspector Coal Mines Wyoming 1952 43 (table) He belled hoistman to drop trip down slope but had switch thrown for parting. The trip piled up in the parting. He was walking down the spout hole and was hit by trip.