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.
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
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
