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Spurt grass

Spurt \Spurt\, n.

  1. A sudden or violent ejection or gushing of a liquid, as of water from a tube, orifice, or other confined place, or of blood from a wound; a jet; a spirt.

  2. A shoot; a bud. [Obs.]
    --Holland.

  3. Fig.: A sudden outbreak; as, a spurt of jealousy.

    Spurt grass (Bot.), a rush fit for basket work.
    --Dr. Prior.