The Collaborative International Dictionary
Spurt grass
Spurt \Spurt\, n.
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.
A shoot; a bud. [Obs.]
--Holland.-
Fig.: A sudden outbreak; as, a spurt of jealousy.
Spurt grass (Bot.), a rush fit for basket work.
--Dr. Prior.