Definition of "spoom" []

• 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. (verb)

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• "Keep stirring the mixture frequently and mash the tomato and onions using a wooden spoom."
• "Down with the fore-sail too! we'll spoom before her.cf. also _The Lucky Chance_, I, i: 'I am no Starter.'"
• "[To spoom, or spoon, is to go right before the wind, without any sail."