† spout-kindn.Obsoleterare a type or species of whale that spouts; such whales collectively.In quot. perhaps referring specifically to the North Atlantic right whale, Eubalaena glacialis. Cf. spoutern. 2a.
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1699 J. EvelynDiary (1955) V. 318 A whale which was 56. foote long: such, & a larger, & of the spout kind was kill'd there..40 yeares after.