noun
Meaning 1
A sorbet containing fruit juice
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
spoom
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verb
Meaning 2
To sail briskly with the wind astern, with or without sails hoisted.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
Examples
- 17th century: Samuel Pepys We might have spooned before the wind as well as they.
- 17th century: John Dryden When virtue spooms before a prosperous gale, / My heaving wishes help to fill the sail.
Meaning relationships
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History
Etymology
Probably a variant of spume (“foam”).