Sourt, 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.
© Webster 1913.