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spoom
CIDE DICTIONARY
spoom, v. i. [Probably fr. spume foam. See Spume.].
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. [1913 Webster]
"When virtue spooms before a prosperous gale,
My heaving wishes help to fill the sail." [1913 Webster]
My heaving wishes help to fill the sail." [1913 Webster]
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