Spool
Spool (spo͞ol), n. [OE. spole, OD. spoele, D. spoel; akin to G. spule, OHG. spuola, Dan. & Sw. spole.] A piece of cane or reed with a knot at each end, or a hollow cylinder of w...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Spool (2)
Spool, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Spooled (spo͞old); p. pr. & vb. n.Spooling.] To wind on a spool or spools.
Spooler
Spool″er (–ẽr), n. One who, or that which, spools.
Spoom
Spoom (spo͞om), 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...
Spoon
Spoon (spo͞on), v. i.(Naut.) See Spoom.We might have spooned before the wind as well as they. Pepys.
Spoon (2)
Spoon, n. [OE. spon, AS. spōn, a chip; akin to D. spaan, G. span, Dan. spaan, Sw. spån, Icel. spánn, spónn, a chip, a spoon. √170. Cf. Span-new.] 1. An implement consisting of a...
Spoon (3)
Spoon, v. t. To take up in, or as in, a spoon.
Spoon (4)
Spoon, v. i. To act with demonstrative or foolish fondness, as one in love.
Spoon (5)
Spoon (?), n.(Golf) A wooden club with a lofted face. Encyc. of Sport.
Spoon (6)
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 ...
Spoon (7)
Spoon, v. i. 1. To fish with a spoon bait.2. In croquet, golf, etc., to spoon a ball.
Spoon-billed
Spoon″–billed′ (–bĭld′), a.(Zoöl.) Having the bill expanded and spatulate at the end.
Spoon-meat
Spoon″–meat′ (–mēt′), n. Food that is, or must be, taken with a spoon; liquid food. “Diet most upon spoon-meats.” Harvey.
Spoonbill
Spoon″bill′ (–bĭl′), n.(Zoöl.) (a) Any one of several species of wading birds of the genera Ajaja and Platalea, and allied genera, in which the long bill is broadly expanded and...
Spoondrift
Spoon″drift (–drĭft), n. [Spoom + drift.] Spray blown from the tops of waves during a gale at sea; also, snow driven in the wind at sea; — written also spindrift.
Spooney
Spoon″ey (–y̆), a. Weak-minded; demonstratively fond; as, spooney lovers. [Spelt also spoony.]
Spooney (2)
Spoon″ey, n.; pl.Spooneys (–ĭz). A weak-minded or silly person; one who is foolishly fond.There is no doubt, whatever, that I was a lackadaisical young spooney. Dickens.
Spoonflower
Spoon″flow′er (?), n. The yautia.
Spoonful
Spoon″ful (–fụl), n.; pl.Spoonfuls (–fụlz). 1. The quantity which a spoon contains, or is able to contain; as, a teaspoonful; a tablespoonful.2. Hence, a small quantity. Arbuthnot.
Spoonily
Spoon″i‐ly (–ĭ‐ly̆), adv. In a spoony manner.
Spoonwood
Spoon″wood′ (–wo͝od′), n.(Bot.) The mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia).
Spoonworm
Spoon″worm′ (spo͞on″wûrm′), n.(Zoöl.) A gephyrean worm of the genus Thalassema, having a spoonlike proboscis.
Spoonwort
Spoon″wort′ (–wûrt′), n.(Bot.) Scurvy grass.
Spoony
Spoon″y (–y̆), a. & n. Same as Spooney.
Spoor
Spoor (spo͞or), n. [D. spoor; akin to AS. spor, G. spur, and from the root of E. spur. √171. See Spur.] The track or trail of any wild animal; as, the spoor of an elephant; — us...
Spoor (2)
Spoor, v. i. To follow a spoor or trail.
Sporades
‖Spor″a‐des (spŏr″ȧ‐dēz), n. pl. [L., fr. Gr. σποράδεσ. Cf. Sporadic.] (Astron.) Stars not included in any constellation; — called also informed, or unformed, stars.