spurt n
1 1988 Evening Telegram 24 May, p. 3 [The] chief of cardiac surgery at the General Hospital said there was 'a spurt where [the Intensive Care Unit] beds were available' but again this week there was yet another heart surgery cancelled.
2 1983 FROUDE 129 Went on shore and had a spirt prospecting. 1985 A Yaffle of Yarns 15 On one of my last 'spurts' on that roof I was haunted by the comments that had been made.
4 1990 Evening Telegram 6 Feb, p. 2 The recent four-day cold weather spurt...is finally tapering off to more seasonable temperatures.
