Category:Spoom

Spoom, v. i. Etym: [probably fr. spum foam. See spume.] (naut.)

Defn: 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.