Definition of Spom
Spoom (?), v. i. [Probably fr.
spum 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.]
When virtue spooms before a prosperous gale,
My heaving wishes help to fill the sail.
Dryden.
Spoom (?), v. i. [Probably fr.
spum 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.]
When virtue spooms before a prosperous gale,
My heaving wishes help to fill the sail.
Dryden.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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