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Webster 1913 Edition

Pout

Pout

(poōt)
,
Noun.
[F.
poulet
. See
Poult
.]
The young of some birds, as grouse; a young fowl.
Carew.

Pout

(poōt)
,
Verb.
I.
To shoot pouts.
[Scot.]

Pout

(pout)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Pouted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Pouting
.]
[OE.
pouten
, of uncertain origin; cf. Prov.
pot
lip, Prov. F.
potte
, faire la
potte
to pout, W.
pwdu
to pout, be sullen,
poten
,
potten
, a paunch, belly.]
1.
To thrust out the lips, as in sullenness or displeasure; hence, to look sullen.
Thou
poutest
upon thy fortune and thy love.
Shakespeare
2.
To protrude.
“Pouting lips.”
Dryden.

Pout

,
Noun.
A sullen protrusion of the lips; a fit of sullenness.
“Jack’s in the pouts.”
J. & H. Smith.

Pout

,
Noun.
[Cf.
Eelpout
.]
(Zool.)
The European whiting pout or bib.
Eel pout
.
(Zool.)
See
Eelpout
.
–
Horn pout
, or
Horned pout
.
(Zool.)
See
Bullhead
(b)
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pout

POUT

,
Noun.
A fish of the genus Gadus, about an inch in length; the whiting pout.
1.
A bird.
2.
A fit of sullenness. [Colloquial.]

POUT

, v.i.
1.
To thrust out the lips, as in sullenness, contempt or displeasure; hence, to look sullen.
2.
To shoot out; to be prominent; as pouting lips.

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