Spoon (sp&oomac;n), v. i. (Naut.)
See Spoom. [Obs.]
We might have spooned before the wind as well as
they.
Pepys.
Spoon, n. [OE. spon, AS.
spōn, a chip; akin to D. spaan, G. span,
Dan. spaan, Sw. spån, Icel. spánn,
spónn, a chip, a spoon. √170. Cf. Span-
new.] 1. An implement consisting of a small
bowl (usually a shallow oval) with a handle, used especially in
preparing or eating food.
"Therefore behoveth him a full long spoon
That shall eat with a fiend," thus heard I say.
Chaucer.
He must have a long spoon that must eat with the
devil.
Shak.
2. Anything which resembles a spoon in shape;
esp. (Fishing), a spoon bait.
3. Fig.: A simpleton; a spooney. [Slang]
Hood.
Spoon bait (Fishing), a lure used in
trolling, consisting of a glistening metallic plate shaped like the
bowl of a spoon with a fishhook attached. -- Spoon
bit, a bit for boring, hollowed or furrowed along one
side. -- Spoon net, a net for landing
fish. -- Spoon oar. see under
Oar.
Spoon, v. t. To take up in, or as
in, a spoon.
Spoon, v. i. To act with
demonstrative or foolish fondness, as one in love. [Colloq.]
Spoon (?), n. (Golf) A
wooden club with a lofted face. Encyc. of Sport.
Spoon, v. t. 1.
(Fishing) To catch by fishing with a spoon bait.
He had with him all the tackle necessary for
spooning pike.
Mrs. Humphry Ward.
2. In croquet, golf, etc., to push or shove
(a ball) with a lifting motion, instead of striking with an audible
knock.
Spoon, v. i. 1. To
fish with a spoon bait.
2. In croquet, golf, etc., to spoon a
ball.
Spoon (sp&oomac;n), v. i. (Naut.)
See Spoom. [Obs.]
We might have spooned before the wind as well as
they.
Pepys.
Spoon, n. [OE. spon, AS.
spōn, a chip; akin to D. spaan, G. span,
Dan. spaan, Sw. spån, Icel. spánn,
spónn, a chip, a spoon. √170. Cf. Span-
new.] 1. An implement consisting of a small
bowl (usually a shallow oval) with a handle, used especially in
preparing or eating food.
"Therefore behoveth him a full long spoon
That shall eat with a fiend," thus heard I say.
Chaucer.
He must have a long spoon that must eat with the
devil.
Shak.
2. Anything which resembles a spoon in shape;
esp. (Fishing), a spoon bait.
3. Fig.: A simpleton; a spooney. [Slang]
Hood.
Spoon bait (Fishing), a lure used in
trolling, consisting of a glistening metallic plate shaped like the
bowl of a spoon with a fishhook attached. -- Spoon
bit, a bit for boring, hollowed or furrowed along one
side. -- Spoon net, a net for landing
fish. -- Spoon oar. see under
Oar.
Spoon, v. t. To take up in, or as
in, a spoon.
Spoon, v. i. To act with
demonstrative or foolish fondness, as one in love. [Colloq.]
Spoon (?), n. (Golf) A
wooden club with a lofted face. Encyc. of Sport.
Spoon, v. t. 1.
(Fishing) To catch by fishing with a spoon bait.
He had with him all the tackle necessary for
spooning pike.
Mrs. Humphry Ward.
2. In croquet, golf, etc., to push or shove
(a ball) with a lifting motion, instead of striking with an audible
knock.
Spoon, v. i. 1. To
fish with a spoon bait.
2. In croquet, golf, etc., to spoon a
ball.
