Spoom
(Spoom) v. i. [Probably fr. spum 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.]
When virtue spooms before a prosperous gale,
My heaving wishes help to fill the sail.
Dryden. Spoon
(Spoon) v. i. (Naut.) See Spoom. [Obs.]
We might have spooned before the wind as well as they.
Pepys. Spoon
(Spoon), n. [OE. spon, AS. spon, a chip; akin to D. spaan, G. span, Dan. spaan, Sw. spån,
Icel. spánn, spónn, a chip, a spoon. &radic170. 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.
"Therefore behoveth him a full long spoon
That shall eat with a fiend," thus heard I say.
Chaucer.
He must have a long spoon that must eat with the devil.
Shak. 2. Anything which resembles a spoon in shape; esp. (Fishing), a spoon bait.
3. Fig.: A simpleton; a spooney. [Slang] Hood.
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.
Spoon
(Spoon), v. t. To take up in, or as in, a spoon.
Spoon
(Spoon), v. i. To act with demonstrative or foolish fondness, as one in love. [Colloq.]
Spoonbill
(Spoon"bill`) n. (Zoöl.) (a) Any one of several species of wading birds of the genera Ajaja
and Platalea, and allied genera, in which the long bill is broadly expanded and flattened at the tip.
The roseate spoonbill of America and the European spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) are the best known.
The royal spoonbill (P. regia) of Australia is white, with the skin in front of the eyes naked and black.
The male in the breeding season has a fine crest.
(b) The shoveler. See Shoveler, 2. (c) The ruddy duck. See under Ruddy. (d) The paddlefish.
Spoon-billed
(Spoon"-billed`) a. (Zoöl.) Having the bill expanded and spatulate at the end.
Spoondrift
(Spoon"drift) n. [Spoom + drift.] Spray blown from the tops waves during a gale at sea; also,
snow driven in the wind at sea; — written also spindrift.
Spooney
(Spoon"ey) a. Weak-minded; demonstratively fond; as, spooney lovers. [Spelt also spoony.]
[Colloq.]
Spooney
(Spoon"ey), n.; pl. Spooneye A weak-minded or silly person; one who is foolishly fond. [Colloq.]
There is no doubt, whatever, that I was a lackadaisical young spooney.
Dickens. Spoonful
(Spoon"ful) n.; pl. Spoonfuls
1. The quantity which a spoon contains, or is able to contain; as, a teaspoonful; a tablespoonful.
