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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 

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