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Spoon (sp&oō_;n), v. i. (Naut.) See Spoom. [Obs.]
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We might have spooned before the wind as well as they. Pepys.
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Spoon, n. [OE. spon, AS. sp&ō;n, 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.
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“Therefore behoveth him a full long spoon
That shall eat with a fiend,” thus heard I say. Chaucer.
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He must have a long spoon that must eat with the devil. Shak.
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2. Anything which resembles a spoon in shape; esp. (Fishing), a spoon bait.
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3. Fig.: A simpleton; a spooney. [Slang] Hood.
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4. (Golf) A wooden club with a lofted face. Encyc. of Sport.
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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.
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Spoon, v. t. 1. To take up in, or as in, a spoon.
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2. (Fishing) To catch by fishing with a spoon bait.

He had with him all the tackle necessary for spooning pike. Mrs. Humphry Ward.
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3. In croquet, golf, etc., to push or shove (a ball) with a lifting motion, instead of striking with an audible knock.
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Spoon, v. i. To act with demonstrative or foolish fondness, as one in love. [Colloq.]
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Spoon, v. i. 1. To fish with a spoon bait.
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2. In croquet, golf, etc., to spoon a ball.
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