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spoom |
1 definition found 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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