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English Dictionary: Pouting by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pouting \Pout"ing\, n.
      Childish sullenness.

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. [bd]Pouting lips.[b8] --Dryden.
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