spec. A representation of the head or head and shoulders of the Virgin Mary, forming an ornamental finish to the handle of a spoon; (occasionally)…

A spoon-handle having the top cut off obliquely; a spoon with a handle or stem of this form. (Cf. slipped, adj.2 1.) Now Historical.

A silver spoon, the handle of which ends in a figure of an Apostle.

A small spoon, usually of silver or silvered metal, of a size suitable for stirring tea or other beverage in a cup.

a spoon made of hallmarked silver.

A large spoon (larger than a dessertspoon) for serving food. Also occasionally: a (smaller) spoon used for eating.

those used for the dessert; a dessert-spoon is intermediate in size between a table-spoon and a tea-spoon.

A type of decorative silver ladle made to commemorate a wedding, christening, or funeral among people of Dutch origin living in the Hudson River…

a type of silver spoon made in England in the 17th cent. having a flat plain handle and an almost oval bowl.

a spoon with a shell-shaped bowl for serving sugar.

(of a spoon) having the handle finished with a seal (also elliptical as noun).

a large spoon with slots for straining food.

a spoon with a flat slotted or perforated bowl, used to dissolve a sugar lump in a glass of absinthe.

Also tref(f)id. Designating a type of antique spoon (see quot. 1977). Also absol. as n.