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Enticements from the new Met guide: “Hypocrite and Slanderer,” above; “Kneeling Bull Holding a Spouted Vessel,” right; and “Aquamanile Depicting Aristotle and Phyllis.”

From New York Times • Apr. 12, 2012

Round the lake the blazing mountains Spouted lava and hot ashes; Casting on the troubled waters Lurid gleams and purple shadows.

From The Legends of San Francisco by Caldwell, George W. (George Walter)

"Spouted 'em all when she threw up the job, I s'pose," suggested Mrs. Sprowl.

From The Unclassed by Gissing, George