Word: ourly
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That our brave efforts greet,
See how our elms, as a welcome, do all their standing allows;
That throng our pathway here,
That e'er our-lives shall show,
What is here known as a "squirt" is called at other places a "rowl" or "rush." The analogy between the sudden ejection of water from a pipe and the quick and forcible expulsion of words from the mouth probably gave rise to this word, which so aptly expresses what it...