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Spoom v. i. (Written also spoon) (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. "When virtue spooms before a prosperous gale, My heaving wishes help to fill the sail."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Spoom" Quotes from Famous Books

... weed, tossed to and fro, Drearily drenched in the ocean brine, Soaring high and sinking low, Lashed along without will of mine; Sport of the spoom of the surging sea; Flung on the foam, afar and near, Mark my manifold mystery— Growth and grace ...

— Captain Brand of the "Centipede" • H. A. (Henry Augustus) Wise