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Webster 1913 Edition
Spoon
Spoon
(spoōn)
, Verb.
I.
(Naut.)
See
Spoom
. [Obs.]
We might have
spooned
before the wind as well as they. Pepys.
Spoon
,Noun.
[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 small bowl (usually a shallow oval) with a handle, used especially in preparing or eating food.
“Therefore behoveth him a full long
That shall eat with a fiend,” thus heard I say.
spoon
That shall eat with a fiend,” thus heard I say.
Chaucer.
He must have a long
spoon
that must eat with the devil. Shakespeare
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
,Verb.
T.
1.
To take up in, or as in, a spoon.
Spoon
,Verb.
I.
To act with demonstrative or foolish fondness, as one in love.
[Colloq.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Spoon
SPOON
,Noun.
1.
A small domestic utensil, with a bowl or concave part and a handle, for dipping liquids; as a tea spoon; a table spoon.2.
An instrument consisting of a bowl or hollow iron and a long handle, used for taking earth out of holes dug for setting posts.SPOON
,Verb.
I.