Spoom
Spoom
(spm), v. 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.]
[1913 Webster]
When virtue spooms before a prosperous gale,Dryden.
My heaving wishes help to fill the sail.
[1913 Webster]
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