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Spoom \Spoom\ (sp[=oo]m), v. i. [Probably fr. spume foam. See
{Spume}.] (Naut.)
To be driven steadily and swiftly, as before a strong wind;
to be driven before the wind without any sail, or with only a
part of the sails spread; to scud under bare poles. [Written
also {spoon}.]
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When virtue spooms before a prosperous gale,
My heaving wishes help to fill the sail. --Dryden.
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Spoon \Spoon\ (sp[=oo]n), v. i. (Naut.)
See {Spoom}. [Obs.]
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We might have spooned before the wind as well as they.
--Pepys.
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Spoon \Spoon\, n. [OE. spon, AS. sp[=o]n, a chip; akin to D.
spaan, G. span, Dan. spaan, Sw. sp[*a]n, Icel. sp['a]nn,
sp['o]nn, a chip, a spoon. [root]170. Cf. {Span-new}.]
1. An implement consisting of a small bowl (usually a shallow
oval) with a handle, used especially in preparing or
eating food.
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"Therefore behoveth him a full long spoon
That shall eat with a fiend," thus heard I say.
--Chaucer.
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He must have a long spoon that must eat with the
devil. --Shak.
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2. Anything which resembles a spoon in shape; esp. (Fishing),
a spoon bait.
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3. Fig.: A simpleton; a spooney. [Slang] --Hood.
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4. (Golf) A wooden club with a lofted face. --Encyc. of
Sport.
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{Spoon bait} (Fishing), a lure used in trolling, consisting
of a glistening metallic plate shaped like the bowl of a
spoon with a fishhook attached.

{Spoon bit}, a bit for boring, hollowed or furrowed along one
side.

{Spoon net}, a net for landing fish.

{Spoon oar}. See under {Oar}.
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Spoon \Spoon\, v. t.
1. To take up in, or as in, a spoon.
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2. (Fishing) To catch by fishing with a spoon bait.

He had with him all the tackle necessary for
spooning pike. --Mrs. Humphry
Ward.
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3. In croquet, golf, etc., to push or shove (a ball) with a
lifting motion, instead of striking with an audible knock.
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Spoon \Spoon\, v. i.
To act with demonstrative or foolish fondness, as one in
love. [Colloq.]
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Spoon \Spoon\, v. i.
1. To fish with a spoon bait.
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2. In croquet, golf, etc., to spoon a ball.
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