spoom

Etymology

Probably a variant of spume (“foam”).

verb

  1. (nautical) To sail briskly with the wind astern, with or without sails hoisted.
    17th century: Samuel Pepys We might have spooned before the wind as well as they.
    17th century: John Dryden When virtue spooms before a prosperous gale, / My heaving wishes help to fill the sail.

noun

  1. A sorbet containing fruit juice

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