Spoom \Spoom\ (sp[=oo]m), v. i. [Probably fr. spume foam. See
{Spume}.] (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. [Written
also {spoon}.]
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When virtue spooms before a prosperous gale,
My heaving wishes help to fill the sail. --Dryden.
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