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(spn), v. i.(Naut.) See Spoom. [Obs.] We might have spooned before the wind as well as they. Pepys. Spoon n.[OE. spon, AS. spn, a chip; akin to D. spaan, G. span, Dan. spaan, Sw. spn, Icel. spnn, spnn, 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. スポンサード リンク
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