Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pout"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Pout \Pout\, n.
A sullen protrusion of the lips; a fit of sullenness.
``Jack's in the pouts.'' --J. & H. Smith.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Pout \Pout\, n. [Cf. {Eelpout}.] (Zo["o]l.)
The European whiting pout or bib.

{Eel pout}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Eelpout}.

{Horn pout}, or {Horned pout}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Bullhead}
(b) .

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Pout \Pout\ (p[=oo]t), n. [F. poulet. See {Poult}.]
The young of some birds, as grouse; a young fowl. --Carew.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Pout \Pout\ (p[=oo]t), v. i.
To shoot pouts. [Scot.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Pout \Pout\ (pout), v. 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. --Shak.

2. To protrude. ``Pouting lips.'' --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Bib \Bib\, n. [From {Bib}, v., because the bib receives the
drink that the child slavers from the mouth.]
1. A small piece of cloth worn by children over the breast,
to protect the clothes.

2. (Zo["o]l.) An arctic fish ({Gadus luscus}), allied to the
cod; -- called also {pout} and {whiting pout}.

3. A bibcock.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

pout
n 1: a disdainful pouting grimace [syn: {moue}, {wry face}]
2: marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern
seas [syn: {eelpout}]
3: catfish common in eastern United States [syn: {horned pout},
{hornpout}, {Ameiurus Melas}]
v 1: be in a huff [syn: {sulk}, {brood}]
2: make a sad face; "mop and mow" [syn: {mop}, {mow}]


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