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Spoom
Pronunciation : Spoom
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Probably fr. spum foam. See Spume.] (Naut.)
Definition : Defn: 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.
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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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