SPOOMS

Verb

spooms

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of spoom

Noun

spooms

plural of spoom

Source: Wiktionary


SPOOM

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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