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Webster 1913 Edition

Spoom

Spoom

(spoōm)
,
Verb.
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
.]
When virtue
spooms
before a prosperous gale,
My heaving wishes help to fill the sail.
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition

Spoom

SPOOM

,
Verb.
I.
To be driven swiftly; probably a mistake for spoon. [See Spoon, the verb.]

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