Spoom

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Spoom \Spoom\ (sp[=oo]m), v. i. [Probably fr. spume foam. See
     {Spume}.] (Naut.)
     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. [Written
     also {spoon}.]


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           When virtue spooms before a prosperous gale,
           My heaving wishes help to fill the sail. --Dryden.
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