Definitions for: Spoom

Webster (1913) Definition: Spoom, v. i. [Probably fr. spum 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.]

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