SPOOM

Etymology

Verb

spoom (third-person singular simple present spooms, present participle spooming, simple past and past participle spoomed)

(nautical) To sail briskly with the wind astern, with or without sails hoisted.

Noun

spoom (plural spooms)

A sorbet containing fruit juice

Source: Wiktionary


Spoom, v. i. Etym: [Probably fr. spum foam. See Spume.] (Naut.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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