spouty

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spouty (comparative more spouty, superlative most spouty)

  1. (obsolete) spongy; soggy; waterlogged
    • 1806, The Gazetteer of Scotland:
      The soil towards the N. and S. extremity light and sandy; about the middle, of a spouty clay.
    • 1846, The Farmer's Magazine, page 400:
      When a spouty patch was to be dried, a large drain or trench was formed of sufficient depth to reach the channel or bed along which the water filtered before encountering the obstruction which had forced it to the surface; []