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Definition of Spoom
1. v. i. 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.
Definition of Spoom
1. to scud before the wind [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spoom
Literary usage of Spoom
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"To spoom, v. To eail on steadily, rather than rapidly ; very probably from spume,
... PL, TÍ, Ш. Down with the fore-sail too, we'll spoom before her. ..."
2. A New French and English Dictionary in Two Parts by William Cobbett (1833)
"To spoom, rn. (nur.) aller très vite. SPOON, .s. cuillère, /'. ustensile de Uble
et it cuisine dont on se sert pour manzer les ..."
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