spoonn.

Brit.

/spuːn/, U.S.

/spun/

Forms: α. Old English spoon, Old English, Middle English spon, Middle English–1500s spone (Middle English–1500s sponne). β. Middle English spoune, 1500s–1600s spoun- (1500s spown); Middle English– spoon, 1500s–1600s spoone. γ. Middle English–1500s northern and Scottish spoyn; northern1500s spoine, 1800s spooin. δ. ScottishMiddle English–1500s spwne, Middle English–1500s, 1800s spune, 1800s speen; northernMiddle English spvne, 1600s, 1800s speaun, 1800s speun, speean, etc.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Common Germanic: Old English spón , = Old Frisian spôn (West Frisian spoen , spoan , East Frisian spōn , North Frisian spōn , spön , spūn ), Middle Low German and Low German spôn , Old Norse and Icelandic spónn (Norwegian spōn ); the original stem *spǣnu- is differently (but normally) represented in Old Norse spánn (Middle Swedish spān , Swedish spån , Danish spaan ), Old High German and Middle High German spân (German span ), Middle Dutch spaen (Dutch spaan ). In Old English, as in most of the Continental languages, the word has only the general sense of ‘chip’; sense 2 is specifically Scandinavian (Norwegian and Icelandic), but Middle Low German spôn had also the meaning of ‘wooden spatula’ as in botter-spôn.

†1.

a. A thin piece of wood; a chip, splinter, or shiver. Obsolete.

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the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > [noun] > long narrow piece > cut or split off

spoonc725

spillc1300

sliverc1374

splinter1398

sprotea1400

speelc1440

spelkc1440

splinderc1440

spilderc1475

spalea1500

spelcha1605

c725 Corpus Gloss. G 100 Gingria, spon.

c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1890) iii. ii. 156 Monige gen to-dæge of þæm treo þæs halgan Cristes mæles sponas & scefþon neomað.

a1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 292 Genim þone neowran wyrttruman, delf up, þwit nigon sponas on þa winstran hand.

c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 2039 Bi water he sent adoun Liȝt linden spon.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 455 Of þe spones of þis croys beeþ i-doo meny vertues and wondres.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 297 Þere was nouȝt oon spone þerof i-seie flete uppon þe water.

c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 3430 For & wee hewe a-mys eny maner spone, We knowe wele..what pardon wee shull have.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. cxxx. f. lxvi^v Of the spones of y^t Crosse ar tolde manye wounders the which I ouer passe.

†b. A roofing-shingle. Also collective. Obsolete.

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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [noun] > piece split off > thin for roofing

shinglec1200

spoon1316

thack-board1354

shindle1585

shingle-board1589

1316–17 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 514 In 500 Bord. et Spone colpand., 26s. 8d.

?c1357 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 560 Et in 2 mill. Spons faciend. ibidem.

1414–5 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1901) III. 611 Item in 1 M^l del spone empt. ad dictam Cameram (Prioris).

1475–6 in H. J. F. Swayne Churchwardens' Accts. Sarum (1896) 361 Of William Edyngdon for spones of j elme, ix d.

a. A utensil consisting essentially of a straight handle with an enlarged and hollowed end-piece (the bowl), used for conveying soft or liquid food to the mouth, or employed in the culinary preparation or other handling of this.Spoons are frequently distinguished according to the material of which they are made, as horn, silver, wooden spoon, or the special use for which they are adapted, as dessert-, marrow-, mustard-, salt-, soup-, table-, tea spoon.

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the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > cutlery > spoon

stickOE

spoonc1340

gob stick1691

feeder1811

α.

c1340 Nominale (Skeat) 501 Cotel, saler et culier, Knyf, saler and spon.

c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. I. 299 Þei bringen her cuppe and her spone, in tokene þat to drynke and pulment þei ben oblishid bifore oþer.

a1475 Bk. Curtasye (Sloane 1986) l. 674 in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 322 Two keruyng knyfes..Þe thrydde to þo lorde, and als a spone.

a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sloane) (1862) 51 Breke ten egges in cup fulle fayre,..And swyng þy ȝolkes with spone.

?1499 J. Skelton Bowge of Courte (de Worde) sig. Biv^v In his other sleue me thought I sawe A spone of golde full of hony swete.

1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Cviij In the stede of spones, they vse leaues of trees.

β. 1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 23678 And the fatte away thei pulle with the spoon of cruelte ycalled Syngularyte.1531 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 47 x spowns with dyomond Cnops.1582 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 104 One dossen of silver spoones.?1600 H. Plat Delightes for Ladies sig. E6 This you must nowe and then taste in a spoone.1651 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. i. 38 A dissoun of spounis of mother of perill.1681 P. Bellon tr. F. de Monginot New Myst. Physick 57 This Extract is to be given of it self, in a Spoon.1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. II. 69 Utensils, as spoons, knives, writing instruments, &c. of foreign and distant nations.1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) II. 191 The leaf of the first is rounded in form of a spoon.c1850 Arabian Nights (Rtldg.) 605 I began with some rice, which I took in the common way with a spoon.1853 A. Soyer Pantropheon 263 The Roman spoons..end on one side by a point, to pick shell-fish from their shell.1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2288/1 Ancient Egyptian spoons were made shell-shaped.in extended use.1706 J. Stevens New Spanish Dict. i. at Cuchara When a Man makes a Spoon of a Crust, as soon as he has supp'd his Broath, he eats his Spoon.γ. 1483 Cath. Angl. 357/1 A spoyn, cocliar.1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) ii. l. 272 His fostir-modyr..with a spoyn gret kyndnes to him kyth.1527 in F. Collins Wills & Admin. Knaresborough Court Rolls (1902) I. 21 A sylver spoyn.1561 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 193 A pistola of gold & a syluer spoine.δ. c1475 Cath. Angl. (A) 357/1 A Spvne, cocliar.1492 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 200 To the Dwke of Ross, to bordour a spwne obowte, iij vnicornis.1543 Aberd. Reg. (1844) I. 187 Ane masar of siluer, ane spwne of syluer.c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 34 Euyrie scheiphird hed ane horne spune. 1684 [see sense 3a]. 18.. Ballad, The Ram of Diram iv The horns that war on the ram's head, Were fifty packs o' speens. 1818 [see sense 3a].

b. In allusion to the gift of a spoon to a child at its christening. Obsolete.

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1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII v. iii. 201 Come, come my Lord, you'd spare your spoones .

c. A spoonful of sugar or other substance.

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the world > food and drink > food > [noun] > food in terms of quality or quantity

freshOE

farec1275

gorgeful1611

faring1655

scran1808

income1896

spoon1922

functional food1989

the world > food and drink > food > additive > sweetener > [noun] > sugar > quantity added to tea or coffee

lace1689

spoon1922

sugar1962

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. iv. [Calypso] 60 He scalded and rinsed out the teapot and put in four full spoons of tea.

1968 P. Dickinson Skin Deep vii. 142 How many spoons shall I put in?.. Bob likes six.

1973 C. Himes Black on Black 200 By the time I find they was gettin' up for breakfast all the breakfast was gone but a spoon of grits.

1980 R. Hill Spy's Wife iv. 22 Aspinall came in with a tea tray. ‘Three spoons for me,’ said Monk.

d. A dose or measure of an intoxicating drug, spec. two grammes of heroin. U.S.

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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > an intoxicating drug > [noun] > a dose of

jolt1916

bhang1922

charge1929

fix1934

fix-up1934

joy-pop1939

spoon1968

the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > an intoxicating drug > [noun] > a) narcotic drug(s) > morphine, cocaine, or heroin > heroin > quantity or dose of

piece1935

Jack1967

spoon1968

1968 Current Slang (Univ. S. Dakota) 3 ii. 45 Spoon, a level teaspoon of heroin. (Drug users' jargon.)

1977 J. Cheever Falconer 46 Two spoons had been found, hidden in Farragut's toilet bowl.

e. plural. A pair of spoons held in the hand and beaten together as a simple percussion instrument.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > [noun] > other

tongs1600

riqq1836

morache1896

ratchet1933

reco-reco1942

dhantal1947

spoons1972

ferrinho1988

1972 Jazz & Blues Nov. 27/1 ‘Main line’ has added interest in that Shorty accompanies himself on spoons.

1977 P. Carter Under Goliath xxvii. 147 It was a terrific party... Mr Mitchell played the spoons and Mr Gannon brought out his accordion and we had a singsong.

3. In proverbial and other phrases:

a. In the proverb he should have a long spoon that sups with the Devil, or variations of this.

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c1386 G. Chaucer Squire's Tale 594 Therfore bihoueth hire a ful long spoon That shal ete with a feend.

1545 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Prouerbes (new ed.) sig. Bi^v He had nede to haue a longe spone that shuld eate with the deuyl.

1597 King James VI & I Daemonologie i. v. 16 They that suppe keile with the Deuill, haue neede of long spoons.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. ii. 98 This is a diuell, and no Monster: I will leaue him, I haue no long Spoone .

1623 J. Webster Deuils Law-case iv. ii Here's a latten spoon, and a long one, to feed with the devil!

1684 Yorkshire Dial. 55 (E.D.S.) He mun heve a lang-Shafted speaun that sups kail with the Devil.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian viii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 180 He suld hae a lang-shankit spune that wad sup kail wi' the de'il.

1840 R. H. Barham Lay St. Nicholas in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 270 Who suppes with the Deville sholde have a long spoone!

1886 E. Lynn Linton Paston Carew III. viii. 180 He had voluntarily supped with the devil—and his spoon had been too short.

b. In miscellaneous uses (see quots.).

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1634 Noble Souldier iii. sig. E3^v Now! what hot poyson'd Custard must I put my Spoone into now?

a1635 R. Corbet Poet. Strom. (1648) 69 When private Men gett sonnes they get a spoone, Without Ecclypse, or any Starr at noone.

1699 A. Boyer Royal Dict. (at cited word) To be past the Spoon, (to be beyond the State of Infancy).

1825 A. Knapp & W. Baldwin Newgate Cal. IV. 283/2 Throws out with a shovel what he brings in with a spoon.

1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) 437 ‘To do business with a big spoon,’ is the same as to cut a big swathe.

1863 C. E. L. Riddell World in Church I. 296 Miss Sarah was always fond of putting her spoon into other people's broth.

c. to be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth, to be born in affluence or under lucky auspices.

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the world > action or operation > prosperity > prosper or flourish [verb (intransitive)] > be in easy circumstances > be born to

to be lapped in one's mother's smock1690

to be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth1801

1801 Deb. Congr. U.S. 9 Jan. (1851) 905 It was a common proverb that few lawyers were born with silver spoons in their mouths.

1849 E. Bulwer-Lytton Caxtons I. ii. iii. 75 I think he is born with a silver spoon in his mouth.

1885 E. Gosse From Shakespere to Pope 50 There never was a child so plainly born with the traditional silver-spoon in his mouth as Waller.

d. to make a spoon or spoil a horn, to make a determined effort to achieve something, whether ending in success or failure. Originally Scottish.The making of spoons out of the horns of cattle or sheep was common in Scotland till late in the 19th cent.

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the world > action or operation > endeavour > make an attempt or endeavour [verb (intransitive)] > regardless of outcome

to make a spoon or spoil a horn1817

to press on regardless1948

1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. ix. 194 I aye said he was ane o' them wad make a spune or spoil a horn.

1820 J. Hogg Tales & Sketches (1866) 262 Cliffy Mackay will either mak a speen or spill a guid horn.

1860 A. Trollope Castle Richmond II. i. 3 It's better to make the spoon at once, even if we do run some small chance of spoiling the horn.

1892 Boy's Own Paper Dec. 87/1 Your son..will turn out something some day. He'll make a spoon or spoil a horn.

4. An implement of the form described above (sense 2), or something similar to this, used for various purposes:

a. As a surgical instrument.

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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > surgical instruments > [noun] > scoops or gouges

spoona1425

gouge1495

curette1739

scoop1739

spud1869

a1425 Arderne's Treat. Fistula 24 Take þe instrument þat is called coclear—a spone.

1895 Catal. Surg. Instruments (Arnold & Sons) Index Spoons, Cataract. Spoons, Enucleation. Spoons, Erasion.

1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 293 The pus and decomposing clot are scraped away with a sharp spoon.

b. In melting, heating, or assaying substances. †Also, the bowl of a ladle.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > furnace > parts of furnace > [noun] > vessels

crossletc1386

testc1386

cruciblea1475

spoon1496

melting pot1545

cruset1558

fining pot1560

hooker1594

cupel1605

crusoile1613

crisol1622

melt pot1637

muffle1644

crevet1658

coffin1686

sand-pot1758

Hessian crucible1807

pan1839

shank1843

casting-pot1846

king pot1862

converter1867

washpot1879

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > ladle > bowl of

spoon1692

1496 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 296 For a ladil of irne, for the plumbis ȝetting, and a spune of irne.

1692 Smith's Sea-mans Gram. (new ed.) ii. vii. 95 Eight, Is the Length of the Spoon of the Ladle.

1827 M. Faraday Chem. Manip. xxiii. 563 The wires of deflagrating spoons may be passed through them.

1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 742 It does not burn by itself when heated in an open spoon.

1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 179 Spoon, an instrument made of an ox or buffalo horn, in which earth or pulp may be delicately tested by washing to detect gold, amalgam, etc.

c. A wooden golfing-club having a slightly concave head. Also, a lofted stroke played with this club.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > equipment > [noun] > club > types of club

play club1685

putting club1690

gentlemen's club1709

putter1783

spoon1790

iron1793

sand-iron1796

whip-club1808

cleek1829

driving putter1833

bunker-iron1857

driver1857

niblick1857

putting iron1857

baffing-spoon1858

mid-spoon1858

short spoon1858

sand-club1873

three-wood1875

long iron1877

driving cleek1881

mashie1881

putting cleek1881

track-iron1883

driving iron1887

lofting-iron1887

baffy1888

brassy1888

bulger1889

lofter1889

lofter1892

jigger1893

driving mashie1894

mid-iron1897

mashie-niblick1907

wood1915

pinsplitter1916

chipper1921

blaster1937

sand-wedge1937

wedge1937

1790 C. Jones Hoyle's Games Improved (new ed.) 288 The Spoon..[is used] when in a Hollow.

1858 Chambers's Jrnl. 4 Sept. 157/2 He seizes his sand-iron..and, with a skilful jerk behind his ball, frees it..and taking his long spoon—a wooden-headed club..Jones drives forth his gutta from its not too favourably lying position.

1878 ‘Capt. Crawley’ Football, Golf & Shinty 80 (Golf) A variety of clubs, known as the long spoon, short spoon, putter, &c.

1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 459 Spoons, or wooden clubs of different lengths, with their faces hollowed out at various angles, are now almost obsolete.

1927 Daily Mail 8 July 14/4 The 3 at the difficult twelfth, where he was five yards from the pin with a drive and a spoon and holed the putt, would have shaken any youthful rival.

1962 Times 9 June 3/2 He struck a spoon, which ran pleasingly up on to the ninth green.

1971 L. Koppett N.Y. Times Guide Spectator Sports vi. 128 The No. 3 wood, or the ‘spoon’, provides distance with more loft.

d. A kind of artificial bait having the form of the bowl of a spoon, used in spinning or trolling.

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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > bait > artificial bait

minnow1655

grasshopper1676

kill-devil1833

artificial1847

spoon1857

phantom minnow1867

spoon-baitc1878

bone-squid1883

phantom1883

spoon-hook1888

whisky-bobby1904

wagtail1906

1857 G. H. Kingsley in Fraser's Mag. Jan. 82/1 In the broken water above I spun my spoon.

1867 F. Francis Bk. Angling iv. 113 The spoon is..an excellent lure; they may be had of all sorts, sizes, fashions, and colours.

1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 14 There is probably no better all-round artificial spinning~bait for salmon and pike than the spoon.

e. A part of a cotton drawing-frame.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > treating or processing cotton > [noun] > machine for drawing or twisting rovings > part of

roller beam1813

spoon1853

1853 A. Ure Dict. Arts (ed. 4) II. 830 The slivers from these pass over a series of conductors, termed ‘spoons’... These instruments are weighted guide levers, mounted so as to be capable of turning upon centres.

f. Cricket. A ball lofted by a soft or weak shot; a stroke which ‘spoons’ the ball. Cf. spoon v.² 2b.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > [noun] > types of stroke

long ball1744

nip1752

catch1816

no-hit1827

cut1833

short hit1833

draw1836

drive1836

square hit1837

skylarker1839

skyer1840

skyscraper1842

back-cut1845

bum1845

leg sweep1846

slog1846

square cut1850

driver1851

Harrow drive1851

leg slip1852

poke1853

snick1857

snorter1859

leg stroke1860

smite1861

on-drive1862

bump ball1864

rocketer1864

pull1865

grass trimmer1867

late cut1867

off-drive1867

spoon1871

push1873

push stroke1873

smack1875

Harrow drive1877

pull-stroke1880

leg glance1883

gallery-hit1884

boundary-stroke1887

glide1888

sweep1888

boundary1896

hook1896

leg glide1896

backstroke1897

flick1897

hook stroke1897

cover-drive1898

straight drive1898

square drive1900

edger1905

pull-drive1905

slash1906

placing stroke1907

push drive1912

block shot1915

if-shot1920

placing shot1921

cow-shot1922

mow1925

Chinese cut1937

haymaker1954

hoick1954

perhapser1954

air shot1956

steepler1959

mishook1961

swish1963

chop-

1871 ‘Thomsonby’ Cricketers in Council 3 A ball hit into the air is a ‘spoon’, unless it goes a long way, when it becomes a ‘skyer’.

1906 A. E. Knight Compl. Cricketer App. II. 353 Spoon, a badly mistimed hit.

g. Surfing. = rocker n.¹ 9c.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > water sports except racing > surfing > [noun] > surfboard > parts of

rail1962

skeg1962

stringer1962

rocker1963

spoon1963

leg rope1975

mast foot1976

1963 Pix 28 Sept. 62/4 Spoon, the slight upward slope in a surfboard.

1970 Stud. in Eng. (Univ. Cape Town) 1 28 Rocker, or banana,..indicates the curvature of the surfboard along its length; in other words, the surfboard, when viewed from the side, is higher at both ends than in the centre. More specific is the word spoon, which applies to the upturn of the nose of the surfboard.

†a. spoon of the brisket, the hollow at the lower end of the breast-bone. Obsolete.

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the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > breastbone > [noun] > parts of

heartspoonc1405

spoon of the brisket1575

manubrium1705

xiphisternal1835

episternum1840

mesosternal1854

mesosternum1868

presternum1868

xiphisternum1872

sternebra1881

mesosterneber1890

mesosternebra1890

sternite1916

1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xlii. 129 The rauens morsell (which is the gryssell at the spoone of the brisket).

1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xliii. 135 There is a litle gristle which is vpon the spoone of the brysket, which we cal the Rauens bone.

a1637 B. Jonson Sad Shepherd i. vi. 40 in Wks. (1640) III Hee that undoes him; Doth cleave the brisket-bone, upon the spoone Of which, a little gristle growes.

1863 W. Thornbury True as Steel III. 3 He scooped out the gristle from the spoon of the brisket.]

†b. spoon of the stomach, the pit of the stomach. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > front > belly or abdomen > [noun] > pit of

heart-pitc1400

spoon of the stomach?1550

pit of the stomach1818

?1550 H. Llwyd tr. Pope John XXI Treasury of Healthe sig. I.vi^v Boyle Frankensence..and make a plaster thereof and bynd it to the spone of the stomake.

c. Zoology. A spoon-shaped part or process.

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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [noun] > spoon-shaped

spoon1725

1725 H. Sloane Voy. Islands II. 317 Its [a spoonbill's] Head..ended in a round Spoon of two Inches Diameter.

1861 in Rep. Smithsonian Instit. 1860 251 Anatina has the spoon [supra a spoon-shaped plate] supported by a clavicle at the umbos.

6. The student last in each class in the list of mathematical honours at Cambridge; spec. the ‘wooden spoon’ (see wooden adj.).

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society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > candidates > who passes > passing at university > placed in tripos

optime1658

wrangler1750

opt1755

optimate1792

wooden spoon1803

spoon1824

op1828

senior wrangler1831

wedge1852

senior classic1859

1824 Gradus ad Cantabr. (at cited word) The last of each class of the honours is denominated The Spoon... The Wooden Spoon, however, is κατ' ἐξοχην The Spoon.

1852 C. A. Bristed Five Years Eng. University (ed. 2) 125 There was more numerical difference between them than between the Second Wrangler and the spoon.

1852 C. A. Bristed Five Years Eng. University (ed. 2) 225 The Senior Wrangler having perhaps 3,000 or 3,500 marks to the Spoon's 200.

7. slang or colloquial. A shallow, simple, or foolish person; a simpleton, ninny, goose.

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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > fool, simpleton > [noun]

boinarda1300

daffc1325

goky1377

nicea1393

unwiseman1400

totc1425

alphinc1440

dawc1500

hoddypeak1500

dawpatea1529

hoddypolla1529

noddy1534

kimec1535

coxcomb1542

sheep1542

sheep's head1542

goose1547

dawcock1556

nodgecock1566

peak-goosea1568

hottie tottie?c1570

Tom Towly1582

wittol1588

goose-cap1589

nodgecomb1592

ninny1593

chicken1600

fopdoodle16..

hoddy-noddy1600

hoddy-doddy1601

peagoose1606

fopster1607

nazold1607

nupson1607

wigeon1607

fondrel1613

simpleton1639

pigwidgeon1640

simpletonian1652

Tony1654

nizy1673

Simple Simon?1673

Tom Farthing1674

totty-head1680

cockcomb1684

cod1699

nikin1699

sap-pate1699

simpkin1699

mackninnya1706

gilly-gaupus?1719

noodle1720

sapskull1735

gobbin?1746

Judy1781

zanya1784

spoony1795

sap-head1798

spoon1799

gomerel1814

sap1815

neddy1818

milestone1819

sunket1823

sunketa1825

gawp1825

gawpy1825

gawpus1826

Tomnoddy1826

Sammy1828

tammie norie1828

Tommy1828

gom1834

noodlehead1835

nowmun1854

gum-sucker1855

flat-head1862

peggy1869

noodledum1883

jay1884

toot1888

peanut head1891

simp1903

sappyhead1922

Arkie1927

putz1928

steamer1932

jerk-off1939

drongo1942

galah1945

Charley1946

nong-nong1959

mouth-breather1979

twonk1981

1799 Carlton Ho. Mag. 217 The spoons or novices are permitted from prudential motives to be successful at the commencement.

1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. at Spoony It is usual to call a very prating shallow fellow, a rank spoon.

1837 J. Morier Abel Allnutt xxii. 130 ‘None but a spoon would ever think so,’ said the stranger.

1882 Mrs. Houstoun Recommended to Mercy ii There now, you are going to cry!.. Now, that is being a spoon.

a. to be spoons with, about, or on, to be sentimentally in love with (a girl). slang.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > be in love or infatuated with [verb (transitive)] > be sentimentally in love with

to be spoons with, about, or onc1859

c1859 J. S. Coyne Everybody's Friend i. i. 7 It was one of my nonsensical effusions, when I was spoons about you... Mrs. F. Spoons! Feath. Well, when I was dying in love with you, my dear.

1860 Slang Dict. 224 ‘When I was spoons with you,’ i.e., when young, and in our courting days before marriage.

1863 E. Arden (parody) in Melbourne Punch Philip Ray and Enoch Arden, Both were ‘Spoons’ on Annie Lee.

1883 D. C. Murray By Gate of Sea I. i. 7 Tregarthen..has gone spoons on the Churchill.

b. plural. Without const.: Sentimental or silly fondness. Also applied to persons: Sweethearts. Rarely in singular, an instance of sentimental love-play; a fond lover.

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the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [noun] > sentimental love-making > sentimental or silly fondness

spoons1846

1846 Spirit of Times 18 Apr. 92/2 The girls are beautiful, with a very liberal allowance of ‘the spoons’, as our friend Smith would say.

1868 E. Yates Rock Ahead II. ii. ii. 109 This time it's an awful case of spoons.

1882 H. C. Merivale Faucit of Balliol III. ii. xii. 42 They were old spoons too when they were young.

1888 A. C. Gunter Mr. Potter x. 127 The moment he saw Ethel it became a wonderful case of ‘spoons’ upon his part.

c1921 D. H. Lawrence Mod. Lover (1934) 188 A young chap goes out on Sunday night for a bit of a spoon. What is it but natural?

c1921 D. H. Lawrence Mod. Lover (1934) 195 Yes, his reputation as a spoon would not belie him. He had lovely lips for kissing.

1939 J. Joyce Finnegans Wake 115 Some softnosed peruser might mayhem take it up erogenously as the usual case of spoons, prostituta in herba.

Compounds

C1.

a. General attributive.

spoon-case n.

ΚΠ

1483 Cath. Angl. 357/1 A Spoyn case, cocliarium.

1534 in F. W. Weaver Wells Wills (1890) 91 ix coclearia argentea, que continentur in quodam loculo vocato ‘a spone case’.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses i. ii. [Nestor] 29 And snug in their spooncase of purple plush, faded, the twelve apostles.

spoon-diet n. rare

ΚΠ

1826 in A. C. Hutchison Pract. Obs. Surg. (ed. 2) 161 The rigid adherence to spoon diet.

spoon-food n.

ΚΠ

1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 185 The meal of it is seldom made into bread;..they use it mostly in spoon-food.

1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 393 In case of mumps spoon-food only is to be given.

† spoon-stele n. Obsolete rare

ΚΠ

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 296 It is an usuall thing..to bore the same through with a spoone stele or bodkin.

spoon-tray n.

ΚΠ

1765 J. Wedgwood Let. 17 June in Sel. Lett. (1965) 34 The articles are..teapot and stand, spoon-tray, Coffeepot, [etc.].

1977 J. Fleming & H. Honour Penguin Dict. Decorative Arts 751/1 Spoon tray, a small oval or oblong dish used in mid-c18 England to hold tea-spoons.

spoon-victuals n.

ΚΠ

1777 Pennsylvania Evening Post 11 Feb. 73/2 Philip Clark..has a remarkable way of throwing his head back when he eats spoon victuals.

1877 C. Box Eng. Game Cricket 461 Spooning, getting under the ball. In derision, it is called ‘spoon victuals’, especially at Cambridge.

1880 C. H. Spurgeon Serm. XXVI. 590 Spoon victuals and milk must always be in the house.

b. Objective.

spoon-maker n.

ΚΠ

1490 Canterbury City Rec. Stephanus Rycards, spoonemaker.

1647 H. Hexham Copious Eng. & Netherduytch Dict. A spoone-maker, een lepel-maker.

?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 46 Domestic Implement Maker:..Spoon Maker.

spoon-manufacturer n.

ΚΠ

1845 New Statist. Acct. Scotl. III. 166 The spoon-manufacturer, who must remain stationary to fabricate his wares.

spoon-warmer n.

ΚΠ

1885 Catal. Service of Plate 4 A spoon warmer.

c. Similative.

spoon-wise adj.

ΚΠ

1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 7 b/2 With the little spoonewyse bullet-drawer, we shalbe able to drawe forth the bullets.

C2. With the sense ‘resembling a spoon in shape’.

spoon-apparatus n.

spoon-bit n.

ΚΠ

1846 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. II. 539 The spoon-bit, is generally bent up at the end to make a taper point.

spoon-bonnet n.

ΚΠ

1862 C. Kingsley Water-babies iii, in Macmillan's Mag. Oct. 434/2 People must always follow the fashion, even if it be spoon-bonnets.

spoon-chisel n.

ΚΠ

1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2288/1 Spoon-chisel , a bent chisel with the basil on both sides, used by sculptors.

spoon-fork n.

ΚΠ

1833 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal II. 23 Spoon-forks, as those articles,..furnished with four or five prongs, are denominated.

spoon-gouge n.

ΚΠ

1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2288/1 Spoon-gouge, a gouge with a crooked end, used in hollowing out deep parts of wood.

spoon ladle n.

ΚΠ

1799 tr. Laboratory (ed. 6) I. iii. 139 Melt them together in a small silver or brass spoon ladle.

spoon-net n.

ΚΠ

1848 C. Kingsley Yeast in Fraser's Mag. Aug. 198/1 We shew them where the fish lie, and then..they can't get them out without us and the spoon-net.

spoonseat n.

ΚΠ

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvii. [Ithaca] 622 He..drew two spoonseat deal chairs to the hearthstone.

spoon stopper n.

ΚΠ

1758 Elaboratory 45 Spoon stoppers must be fitted to these necks.

spoon wheel n.

ΚΠ

1858 D. Lardner Hand-bk. Nat. Philos.: Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, & Heat (new ed.) 139 A horizontal wheel which has been much used in France, called roue à cuiller, or spoon wheel.

C3. In parasynthetic adjectives, as spoon-beaked, spoon-billed, spoon-fashioned, spoon-formed.

ΚΠ

1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 6 b/2 That instrumente which we call the spoonewyse or spoonefashoned bullet-drawer.

1822 J. Parkinson Outl. Oryctol. 178 Myariæ—Bivalves;..a spoon-formed tooth on one or both valves.

1896 R. Lydekker Royal Nat. Hist. V. 513 The spoon~beaked sturgeon (Polyodon folius) of the Mississippi.

C4. In the names of animals, birds, etc.

spoon-beak n.

ΚΠ

1893 H. T. Cozens-Hardy Broad Norfolk (Eastern Daily Press) 49 Spoonbeak, Shoveller duck.

spoon-egg n.

ΚΠ

?1711 J. Petiver Gazophylacii X. Table 94 Many girdled Spoon-egg.

spoon-goose n.

ΚΠ

a1757 P. H. Bruce Memoirs (1782) viii. 259 There is another kind called spoon-geese; their beaks..at the extremity are flat like the mouth of a spoon beaten out.

spoon-hinge n.

ΚΠ

?1711 J. Petiver Gazophylacii X. Table 94 Small, white, thin Spoon~hinge.

spoon-muscle n.

ΚΠ

?1711 J. Petiver Gazophylacii X. Table 94 Small, white, thin, Spoon-Muscle.

spoon-shell n.

ΚΠ

1867 M. S. Lovell Edible Mollusks Great Brit. & Ireland 155 On some parts of the Devonshire coast it [truncated mya] is known as the spoon-shell.

spoon-worm n. (see quots.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Echinodermata > [noun] > subphylum Eleutherozoa > class Asteroidea > member of (starfish)

starfish1538

sea-pad1558

sea-star1569

star1569

pad1613

finger fish1709

sea-sun1731

stelleridan1835

stelliridean1837

asteroid1841

sand-star1841

spoon-worm1841

sun star1841

sun starfish1850

Stellerid1882

stelleroid1900

1841 E. Forbes Hist. Brit. Starfishes 259 Gaertner's Spoon-worm. Thalassema Neptuni.

1841 E. Forbes Hist. Brit. Starfishes 263 Common Spoon~worm. Echiurus vulgaris.

1855 C. Kingsley Glaucus 83 That curious and rare radiate animal, the Spoonworm.

1879 E. P. Wright Animal Life 580 One..is known on the coast of the South of England as Neptune's Spoon-worm.

C5.

spoon-back n. the back of a chair (of a type esp. popular in the late-18th and 19th cent.) curved concavely to fit the shape of the occupant; a chair of this style; hence attributive, as spoon-back chair.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > chair > [noun] > chair with back > of specific type

wainscot chair1663

Windsor chair1724

slat-back1891

comb-back1901

Windsor1901

wheel-back1902

hoop-back1905

ladder-back1908

spoon-back1909

Mendlesham chair1935

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > chair > [noun] > parts of chairs > back > type of

splat1833

yoke back1835

fiddle-back1890

shield1897

comb-back1901

spoon-back1909

1909 G. O. Wheeler Old Eng. Furnit. (ed. 2) v. 167 In our illustration..we see one of those transitional specimens with cane-panels and spoon-back.

1936 Burlington Mag. July 42/2 Half-way between the spoon-back chair and the strapwork back of the George II period.

1969 J. Gloag Short Dict. Furnit. (ed. 2) 636 Spoon back, sometimes used in America for the banded back chair, of the Queen Anne period, the term may have been suggested because the profile of the back resembles the curve of a spoon. In England a comparatively rare early 19th century chair with an open concave back and semi-circular top rail is called a spoon-back.

1979 A. Scholefield Point of Honour 40 We sat down in two Victorian spoon-back chairs.

spoon-backed adj.

ΚΠ

1909 G. O. Wheeler Old Eng. Furnit. (ed. 2) v. 156 (caption) Queen Anne cabinet, and spoon-backed chair showing early cabriole legs.

1969 J. Gloag Short Dict. Furnit. (ed. 2) 636 Mid-Victorian single chairs with oval, waisted backs are also described as spoon-backed.

spoon-bait n. = sense 4d; also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > bait > artificial bait

minnow1655

grasshopper1676

kill-devil1833

artificial1847

spoon1857

phantom minnow1867

spoon-baitc1878

bone-squid1883

phantom1883

spoon-hook1888

whisky-bobby1904

wagtail1906

c1878 J. Albery Crisis in Dram. Wks. (1939) II. 321 She has thrown away her heart..on..young Denham. Any cold, glittering thing does for spoon-bait.

1883 Great Internat. Fisheries Exhib. Catal. 195 Spoon-baits, trolling~spoons,..and insects for salmon..and pickerel fishing.

1888 G. B. Goode Amer. Fishes 61 Uncultured brethren who prefer the ignominious method of trolling with hand-line and spoon~bait.

spoon-bend v. (intransitive).

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > the paranormal > [verb (intransitive)] > practise psychokinesis

spoon-bend1975

1975 Nature 2 Oct. 354/3 Some of the children still claimed they could spoon-bend without cheating.

spoon-bender n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > the paranormal > [noun] > psychokinesis > one who practises

telekineticist1949

spoon-bender1977

1977 Times 3 Nov. 6/1 Britain and Japan have a higher proportion of spoon-benders a head than any other country..people who can distort cutlery simply by thinking about it.

spoon-bending n. the distortion of a spoon-handle by apparently psychokinetic means.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > the paranormal > [noun] > psychokinesis > spoon-bending

spoon-bending1977

1977 Times 3 Nov. 6/4 The military implications of spoon-bending.

1979 J. Wainwright Duty Elsewhere i. 7 He was ready to give E.S.P. the benefit of a man-sized doubt. He even claimed to have an open mind concerning the spoon-bending gag.

spoon bow n. a ship's bow having full round sections reminiscent of the bowl of a spoon.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > fore part of vessel > [noun] > types of bow

shark's head1831

spur-bow1877

spoon bow1902

1902 Westm. Gaz. 2 Dec. 9/1 She will have the same spoon bow and a long overhang aft and a modified fin keel.

1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. Spoon-bow.

1927 R. A. Freeman Certain Dr. Thorndyke i. ix. 136 Spoon-bows and bulb keels were things as yet undreamed of.

1969 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 23 Nov. 11/2 She is still under construction, a 54-foot fishing schooner with the same spoon bow as the famous Bluenose and the Lunenburg schooners.

spoon-bowed adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > [adjective] > having a prow > having specific type of bow or prow

bluff1627

bowed1747

bold1793

spurred1805

bluff-bowed1833

fiddle-headed1851

bluff-headed1867

figure-headless1877

spoon-bowed1900

1900 Westm. Gaz. 18 Aug. 6/3 It is so rarely that the..spoon~bowed cruiser of modern build is seen with such a name at her stern.

spoon bread n. U.S. (chiefly Southern) = egg-bread n. at egg n. Compounds 3 (of such a consistency that it is usually served with a spoon).

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > [noun] > other types of bread

sergeant-loafa1348

clear-matin1362

bean-breadc1380

French bread1420

pease-breada1425

bran-breadc1425

grey breadc1430

angels' breadc1440

dough bread?a1500

baker's bread?1550

acorn bread1571

cart-bread1574

chapter-bread1600

diet-bread1617

ember-bread1681

buff coat1688

bust-coat1706

Picentine bread1712

chestnut-bread1814

naan1828

gluten-bread1846

to-bread1854

batch-bread1862

injera1868

coffee cake1879

pan dulce1882

quick bread1882

sour bread1884

Tommy1895

focaccia1905

hard-dough bread1911

hush puppy1918

potica1927

spoon bread1932

bake1933

pitta1936

hard-dough1966

pain de campagne1970

pocket bread1973

ciabatta1985

pain au levain1985

levain1991

1932 Scribner's Mag. June 364/3 It was time for me to speed back to the spoon bread and young broiled turkey that were being prepared for me now in Edith's kitchen.

1941 W. A. Percy Lanterns on Levee i. 11 Oh, the poor little boys..never put a lump of butter into steaming batter-bread (spoon-bread is the same thing).

1960 J. J. Rowlands Spindrift iii. 176 Spoon-bread made from coarse water-ground corn-meal.

1979 M. G. Eberhart Bayou Road i. 17 We can have some flour and spoon bread and chicken.

† spoon-brod n. Obsolete rare brads for nailing roof-shingles.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > nail > roofing nails

roof nail1284

shingle-nail1303

spoon-nailc1310

tile-pin1338

lead-nail1355

spoon-brod1361

stone-brod1363

stone-nail1469

slate-pin1579

shank1716

slate-peg1875

slate-nail1880

1361–2 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 127 In cc Sponbrod empt,..12d.

spoon canoe n. Canadian a spoon-bowed canoe.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > vessels of primitive construction > [noun] > canoe of indigenous peoples > other types of canoe

pirogue1666

dory1709

Montreal canoe1793

waka1807

tandem canoe1867

Rob Roy1868

canot du maître1872

Peterborough1882

snake-boat1882

shadow canoe1883

tandem1884

buckeye1885

Canader1893

vinta1900

bellum1901

spoon canoe1907

sponson canoe1911

ratting canoe1944

tarada1960

canot du nord1961

1907 T. Crosby Among An-ko-me-nums 141 The canoes of the Pacific coast are of the type usually called ‘dugouts’..[including] a ‘spoon canoe’, flat-bottomed and nearly straight with hardly any bow or stern.

1976 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 13 June 5/3 Their graceful spoon canoes, hand hewn, 30 feet long, 3 feet 6 inches wide..were only used on the shallow draft, northern rivers.

spoon-child n. a child which has to be fed with a spoon.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > baby or infant > [noun]

childOE

baban?c1225

fauntekin1377

infant1382

babea1393

fauntelet1393

babyc1400

lakinc1440

mop1440

chrisomer1574

tenderling1587

chrisom1596

childling1648

flosculet1648

bratling1652

lullaby-cheat1665

strangera1674

child (also infant, baby) in armsa1675

hoppet1695

tot1725

bambino1761

weanie1786

tiny1797

dot1800

trudgeon1814

toddle1825

toddles1828

yearnling1829

dab1833

toddler1837

baba1841

arrival1846

teeny-tiny1849

toddlekins1852

mite1853

trot1854

babelet1856

nestler1866

spoon-child1868

bubby1885

chavvy1886

bub1889

kiddy1889

toddleskin1890

newborn1893

kidlet1899

kidling1899

bubba1906

bundle of joy1924

liddly1929

mammet1932

snork1941

kiddywink1957

sproglet1987

1868 W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 244 The waiter almost feeds one like a spoon-child.

spoon drain n. Australian a shallow drain across a street.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > street > [noun] > gutter in a street > drain across a road or street

Irish bridge1866

spoon drain1934

1934 Bulletin (Sydney) 7 Mar. 21/1 I saw your ropes fly off when you went over the spoon drain.

1972 Advertiser (Adelaide) 13 June 5/8 To lessen level crossing accidents, a double spoon drain at the approaches to all level crossings may help.

spoon-fashion adv. fitting into each other after the manner of spoons.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > nearness > [adverb] > contiguously > in the manner of spoons

spoonways1789

spoon-fashion1856

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. xxii. 222 Petersen and myself, reclining ‘spoon-fashion’, cowered among them.

1879 R. J. Atcherley Trip to Boërland 162 All five were fast asleep ‘spoon fashion’ on the ground.

† spoon-feather n. Obsolete rare

ΚΠ

1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een duyfken, a young Dove, or a Pigeon with spoone feathers.

† spoon-feathered adj. Obsolete (?)

ΚΠ

c1340 Nominale (Skeat) 852 Poucynes enbrauncheez, Spon~fytherede chykenes.

1657 T. Reeve God's Plea for Nineveh 189 When your prosperity crept out of the nest, and first cast the shell from her spoonfeathered head.

† spoon-hammer n. Obsolete rare

ΚΠ

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 309 The Spoon hammer..hath round Buttons at both ends.

† spoon-hand n. Obsolete rare (see quots.).

ΚΠ

1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Spoon hand, the right hand.

spoon-hook n. a spoon-bait.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > bait > artificial bait

minnow1655

grasshopper1676

kill-devil1833

artificial1847

spoon1857

phantom minnow1867

spoon-baitc1878

bone-squid1883

phantom1883

spoon-hook1888

whisky-bobby1904

wagtail1906

1888 G. B. Goode Amer. Fishes 465 The latter is taken by trolling with a..minnow bait, or a spoon-hook.

1894 Outing 24 227/1 A swivel and a fluted or kidney~shaped spoon-hook.

spoon-nail n. †(a) shingle-nails; (b) an irregular form of the human nail.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > nail > roofing nails

roof nail1284

shingle-nail1303

spoon-nailc1310

tile-pin1338

lead-nail1355

spoon-brod1361

stone-brod1363

stone-nail1469

slate-pin1579

shank1716

slate-peg1875

slate-nail1880

the world > life > the body > nail > [noun] > types of

spoon-nail1899

c1310 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 511 In 400 de Sponayl empt. pro camera Prioris, 12d.

1899 Hutchinson's Arch. Surg. X. 148 The nail, instead of presenting a convex surface, is depressed into a slight hollow—‘the spoon nail’.

† spoon-tree n. Obsolete rare (see quot. 1772).

ΚΠ

1772 J. R. Forster tr. P. Kalm Trav. N. Amer. I. 262 The Spoon-tree never grows to a great height... The Indians..used to make their spoons and trowels of the wood of this tree.

spoonways adv. = spoon-fashion adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > nearness > [adverb] > contiguously > in the manner of spoons

spoonways1789

spoon-fashion1856

1789 Trotter Dis. Seamen 54 They are stowed spoonways, and so closely locked into one another's arms, that it is difficult to move without treading upon them.

spoon-wood n. (see quots.).

ΚΠ

1814 F. Pursh Flora Amer. Septentrionalis II. 362 Tilia glabra... This tree is known by the name of Lime- or Line~tree; Basswood; Spoonwood.

1859 W. Darlington & G. Thurber Amer. Weeds & Useful Plants 214 Kalmia latifolia. Mountain Laurel. Calico Bush. Spoon-wood.

Derivatives

ˈspoon-like adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > curvature > curved surface > [adjective] > concave > like specific object

camois1664

pouch-likea1676

scaphoidal1681

spoon-likea1686

umbilicated1693

umbilicate1698

saucer-shaped1753

boat-shaped1760

pouchy1786

cupped1796

urn-shaped1796

naviform1816

spoon-shaped1817

urn-like1826

vase-shaped1832

bag-shaped1836

basin-like1836

trough-like1839

urceiform1840

vase-like1840

saucered1847

bag-like1849

sac-like1849

pouch-shaped1854

basin-shaped1859

trough-shaped1871

bucketed1886

spooned1890

a1686 Sir T. Browne Norfolk Birds in Wks. (1852) III. 314 They..are..remarkable in their white colour, copped crown, and spoon or spatule-like bill.

1708 W. Sewel Large Dict. Eng. & Dutch ii Lepelswyze, spoon-like.

1837 Penny Cycl. VII. 430/1 On each side of this spoon-like process..is seen in each valve a large thick tooth.

1881 Encycl. Brit. XII. 300/1 Its own point falls into a spoon-like indent.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	spoon
释义	spoonn. Brit. /spuːn/, U.S. /spun/ Forms: α. Old English spoon, Old English, Middle English spon, Middle English–1500s spone (Middle English–1500s sponne). β. Middle English spoune, 1500s–1600s spoun- (1500s spown); Middle English– spoon, 1500s–1600s spoone. γ. Middle English–1500s northern and Scottish spoyn; northern1500s spoine, 1800s spooin. δ. ScottishMiddle English–1500s spwne, Middle English–1500s, 1800s spune, 1800s speen; northernMiddle English spvne, 1600s, 1800s speaun, 1800s speun, speean, etc. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Common Germanic: Old English spón , = Old Frisian spôn (West Frisian spoen , spoan , East Frisian spōn , North Frisian spōn , spön , spūn ), Middle Low German and Low German spôn , Old Norse and Icelandic spónn (Norwegian spōn ); the original stem spǣnu- is differently (but normally) represented in Old Norse spánn* (Middle Swedish spān , Swedish spån , Danish spaan ), Old High German and Middle High German spân (German span ), Middle Dutch spaen (Dutch spaan ). In Old English, as in most of the Continental languages, the word has only the general sense of ‘chip’; sense 2 is specifically Scandinavian (Norwegian and Icelandic), but Middle Low German spôn had also the meaning of ‘wooden spatula’ as in botter-spôn. †1. a. A thin piece of wood; a chip, splinter, or shiver. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > [noun] > long narrow piece > cut or split off spoonc725 spillc1300 sliverc1374 splinter1398 sprotea1400 speelc1440 spelkc1440 splinderc1440 spilderc1475 spalea1500 spelcha1605 c725 Corpus Gloss. G 100 Gingria, spon. c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1890) iii. ii. 156 Monige gen to-dæge of þæm treo þæs halgan Cristes mæles sponas & scefþon neomað. a1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 292 Genim þone neowran wyrttruman, delf up, þwit nigon sponas on þa winstran hand. c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 2039 Bi water he sent adoun Liȝt linden spon. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 455 Of þe spones of þis croys beeþ i-doo meny vertues and wondres. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 297 Þere was nouȝt oon spone þerof i-seie flete uppon þe water. c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 3430 For & wee hewe a-mys eny maner spone, We knowe wele..what pardon wee shull have. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. cxxx. f. lxvi^v Of the spones of y^t Crosse ar tolde manye wounders the which I ouer passe. †b. A roofing-shingle. Also collective. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [noun] > piece split off > thin for roofing shinglec1200 spoon1316 thack-board1354 shindle1585 shingle-board1589 1316–17 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 514 In 500 Bord. et Spone colpand., 26s. 8d. ?c1357 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 560 Et in 2 mill. Spons faciend. ibidem. 1414–5 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1901) III. 611 Item in 1 M^l del spone empt. ad dictam Cameram (Prioris). 1475–6 in H. J. F. Swayne Churchwardens' Accts. Sarum (1896) 361 Of William Edyngdon for spones of j elme, ix d. 2. a. A utensil consisting essentially of a straight handle with an enlarged and hollowed end-piece (the bowl), used for conveying soft or liquid food to the mouth, or employed in the culinary preparation or other handling of this.Spoons are frequently distinguished according to the material of which they are made, as horn, silver, wooden spoon, or the special use for which they are adapted, as dessert-, marrow-, mustard-, salt-, soup-, table-, tea spoon. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > cutlery > spoon stickOE spoonc1340 gob stick1691 feeder1811 α. c1340 Nominale (Skeat) 501 Cotel, saler et culier, Knyf, saler and spon. c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. I. 299 Þei bringen her cuppe and her spone, in tokene þat to drynke and pulment þei ben oblishid bifore oþer. a1475 Bk. Curtasye (Sloane 1986) l. 674 in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 322 Two keruyng knyfes..Þe thrydde to þo lorde, and als a spone. a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sloane) (1862) 51 Breke ten egges in cup fulle fayre,..And swyng þy ȝolkes with spone. ?1499 J. Skelton Bowge of Courte (de Worde) sig. Biv^v In his other sleue me thought I sawe A spone of golde full of hony swete. 1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Cviij In the stede of spones, they vse leaues of trees. β. 1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 23678 And the fatte away thei pulle with the spoon of cruelte ycalled Syngularyte.1531 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 47 x spowns with dyomond Cnops.1582 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 104 One dossen of silver spoones.?1600 H. Plat Delightes for Ladies sig. E6 This you must nowe and then taste in a spoone.1651 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. i. 38 A dissoun of spounis of mother of perill.1681 P. Bellon tr. F. de Monginot New Myst. Physick 57 This Extract is to be given of it self, in a Spoon.1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. II. 69 Utensils, as spoons, knives, writing instruments, &c. of foreign and distant nations.1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) II. 191 The leaf of the first is rounded in form of a spoon.c1850 Arabian Nights (Rtldg.) 605 I began with some rice, which I took in the common way with a spoon.1853 A. Soyer Pantropheon 263 The Roman spoons..end on one side by a point, to pick shell-fish from their shell.1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2288/1 Ancient Egyptian spoons were made shell-shaped.in extended use.1706 J. Stevens New Spanish Dict. i. at Cuchara When a Man makes a Spoon of a Crust, as soon as he has supp'd his Broath, he eats his Spoon.γ. 1483 Cath. Angl. 357/1 A spoyn, cocliar.1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) ii. l. 272 His fostir-modyr..with a spoyn gret kyndnes to him kyth.1527 in F. Collins Wills & Admin. Knaresborough Court Rolls (1902) I. 21 A sylver spoyn.1561 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 193 A pistola of gold & a syluer spoine.δ. c1475 Cath. Angl. (A) 357/1 A Spvne, cocliar.1492 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 200 To the Dwke of Ross, to bordour a spwne obowte, iij vnicornis.1543 Aberd. Reg. (1844) I. 187 Ane masar of siluer, ane spwne of syluer.c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 34 Euyrie scheiphird hed ane horne spune. 1684 [see sense 3a]. 18.. Ballad, The Ram of Diram iv The horns that war on the ram's head, Were fifty packs o' speens. 1818 [see sense 3a]. b. In allusion to the gift of a spoon to a child at its christening. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII v. iii. 201 Come, come my Lord, you'd spare your spoones . View more context for this quotation c. A spoonful of sugar or other substance. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > [noun] > food in terms of quality or quantity freshOE farec1275 gorgeful1611 faring1655 scran1808 income1896 spoon1922 functional food1989 the world > food and drink > food > additive > sweetener > [noun] > sugar > quantity added to tea or coffee lace1689 spoon1922 sugar1962 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. iv. [Calypso] 60 He scalded and rinsed out the teapot and put in four full spoons of tea. 1968 P. Dickinson Skin Deep vii. 142 How many spoons shall I put in?.. Bob likes six. 1973 C. Himes Black on Black 200 By the time I find they was gettin' up for breakfast all the breakfast was gone but a spoon of grits. 1980 R. Hill Spy's Wife iv. 22 Aspinall came in with a tea tray. ‘Three spoons for me,’ said Monk. d. A dose or measure of an intoxicating drug, spec. two grammes of heroin. U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > an intoxicating drug > [noun] > a dose of jolt1916 bhang1922 charge1929 fix1934 fix-up1934 joy-pop1939 hit1951 spoon1968 the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > an intoxicating drug > [noun] > a) narcotic drug(s) > morphine, cocaine, or heroin > heroin > quantity or dose of piece1935 Jack1967 spoon1968 1968 Current Slang (Univ. S. Dakota) 3 ii. 45 Spoon, a level teaspoon of heroin. (Drug users' jargon.) 1977 J. Cheever Falconer 46 Two spoons had been found, hidden in Farragut's toilet bowl. e. plural. A pair of spoons held in the hand and beaten together as a simple percussion instrument. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > [noun] > other tongs1600 riqq1836 morache1896 ratchet1933 reco-reco1942 dhantal1947 spoons1972 ferrinho1988 1972 Jazz & Blues Nov. 27/1 ‘Main line’ has added interest in that Shorty accompanies himself on spoons. 1977 P. Carter Under Goliath xxvii. 147 It was a terrific party... Mr Mitchell played the spoons and Mr Gannon brought out his accordion and we had a singsong. 3. In proverbial and other phrases: a. In the proverb he should have a long spoon that sups with the Devil, or variations of this. ΚΠ c1386 G. Chaucer Squire's Tale 594 Therfore bihoueth hire a ful long spoon That shal ete with a feend. 1545 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Prouerbes (new ed.) sig. Bi^v He had nede to haue a longe spone that shuld eate with the deuyl. 1597 King James VI & I Daemonologie i. v. 16 They that suppe keile with the Deuill, haue neede of long spoons. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. ii. 98 This is a diuell, and no Monster: I will leaue him, I haue no long Spoone . View more context for this quotation 1623 J. Webster Deuils Law-case iv. ii Here's a latten spoon, and a long one, to feed with the devil! 1684 Yorkshire Dial. 55 (E.D.S.) He mun heve a lang-Shafted speaun that sups kail with the Devil. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian viii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 180 He suld hae a lang-shankit spune that wad sup kail wi' the de'il. 1840 R. H. Barham Lay St. Nicholas in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 270 Who suppes with the Deville sholde have a long spoone! 1886 E. Lynn Linton Paston Carew III. viii. 180 He had voluntarily supped with the devil—and his spoon had been too short. b. In miscellaneous uses (see quots.). ΚΠ 1634 Noble Souldier iii. sig. E3^v Now! what hot poyson'd Custard must I put my Spoone into now? a1635 R. Corbet Poet. Strom. (1648) 69 When private Men gett sonnes they get a spoone, Without Ecclypse, or any Starr at noone. 1699 A. Boyer Royal Dict. (at cited word) To be past the Spoon, (to be beyond the State of Infancy). 1825 A. Knapp & W. Baldwin Newgate Cal. IV. 283/2 Throws out with a shovel what he brings in with a spoon. 1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) 437 ‘To do business with a big spoon,’ is the same as to cut a big swathe. 1863 C. E. L. Riddell World in Church I. 296 Miss Sarah was always fond of putting her spoon into other people's broth. c. to be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth, to be born in affluence or under lucky auspices. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > prosper or flourish [verb (intransitive)] > be in easy circumstances > be born to to be lapped in one's mother's smock1690 to be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth1801 1801 Deb. Congr. U.S. 9 Jan. (1851) 905 It was a common proverb that few lawyers were born with silver spoons in their mouths. 1849 E. Bulwer-Lytton Caxtons I. ii. iii. 75 I think he is born with a silver spoon in his mouth. 1885 E. Gosse From Shakespere to Pope 50 There never was a child so plainly born with the traditional silver-spoon in his mouth as Waller. d. to make a spoon or spoil a horn, to make a determined effort to achieve something, whether ending in success or failure. Originally Scottish.The making of spoons out of the horns of cattle or sheep was common in Scotland till late in the 19th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > make an attempt or endeavour [verb (intransitive)] > regardless of outcome to make a spoon or spoil a horn1817 to press on regardless1948 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. ix. 194 I aye said he was ane o' them wad make a spune or spoil a horn. 1820 J. Hogg Tales & Sketches (1866) 262 Cliffy Mackay will either mak a speen or spill a guid horn. 1860 A. Trollope Castle Richmond II. i. 3 It's better to make the spoon at once, even if we do run some small chance of spoiling the horn. 1892 Boy's Own Paper Dec. 87/1 Your son..will turn out something some day. He'll make a spoon or spoil a horn. 4. An implement of the form described above (sense 2), or something similar to this, used for various purposes: a. As a surgical instrument. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > surgical instruments > [noun] > scoops or gouges spoona1425 gouge1495 curette1739 scoop1739 spud1869 a1425 Arderne's Treat. Fistula 24 Take þe instrument þat is called coclear—a spone. 1895 Catal. Surg. Instruments (Arnold & Sons) Index Spoons, Cataract. Spoons, Enucleation. Spoons, Erasion. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 293 The pus and decomposing clot are scraped away with a sharp spoon. b. In melting, heating, or assaying substances. †Also, the bowl of a ladle. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > furnace > parts of furnace > [noun] > vessels crossletc1386 testc1386 cruciblea1475 spoon1496 melting pot1545 cruset1558 fining pot1560 hooker1594 cupel1605 crusoile1613 crisol1622 melt pot1637 muffle1644 crevet1658 coffin1686 sand-pot1758 Hessian crucible1807 pan1839 shank1843 casting-pot1846 king pot1862 converter1867 washpot1879 the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > ladle > bowl of spoon1692 1496 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 296 For a ladil of irne, for the plumbis ȝetting, and a spune of irne. 1692 Smith's Sea-mans Gram. (new ed.) ii. vii. 95 Eight, Is the Length of the Spoon of the Ladle. 1827 M. Faraday Chem. Manip. xxiii. 563 The wires of deflagrating spoons may be passed through them. 1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 742 It does not burn by itself when heated in an open spoon. 1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 179 Spoon, an instrument made of an ox or buffalo horn, in which earth or pulp may be delicately tested by washing to detect gold, amalgam, etc. c. A wooden golfing-club having a slightly concave head. Also, a lofted stroke played with this club. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > equipment > [noun] > club > types of club play club1685 putting club1690 gentlemen's club1709 putter1783 spoon1790 iron1793 sand-iron1796 whip-club1808 cleek1829 driving putter1833 bunker-iron1857 driver1857 niblick1857 putting iron1857 baffing-spoon1858 mid-spoon1858 short spoon1858 sand-club1873 three-wood1875 long iron1877 driving cleek1881 mashie1881 putting cleek1881 track-iron1883 driving iron1887 lofting-iron1887 baffy1888 brassy1888 bulger1889 lofter1889 lofter1892 jigger1893 driving mashie1894 mid-iron1897 mashie-niblick1907 wood1915 pinsplitter1916 chipper1921 blaster1937 sand-wedge1937 wedge1937 1790 C. Jones Hoyle's Games Improved (new ed.) 288 The Spoon..[is used] when in a Hollow. 1858 Chambers's Jrnl. 4 Sept. 157/2 He seizes his sand-iron..and, with a skilful jerk behind his ball, frees it..and taking his long spoon—a wooden-headed club..Jones drives forth his gutta from its not too favourably lying position. 1878 ‘Capt. Crawley’ Football, Golf & Shinty 80 (Golf) A variety of clubs, known as the long spoon, short spoon, putter, &c. 1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 459 Spoons, or wooden clubs of different lengths, with their faces hollowed out at various angles, are now almost obsolete. 1927 Daily Mail 8 July 14/4 The 3 at the difficult twelfth, where he was five yards from the pin with a drive and a spoon and holed the putt, would have shaken any youthful rival. 1962 Times 9 June 3/2 He struck a spoon, which ran pleasingly up on to the ninth green. 1971 L. Koppett N.Y. Times Guide Spectator Sports vi. 128 The No. 3 wood, or the ‘spoon’, provides distance with more loft. d. A kind of artificial bait having the form of the bowl of a spoon, used in spinning or trolling. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > bait > artificial bait minnow1655 grasshopper1676 kill-devil1833 artificial1847 spoon1857 phantom minnow1867 spoon-baitc1878 bone-squid1883 phantom1883 spoon-hook1888 whisky-bobby1904 wagtail1906 1857 G. H. Kingsley in Fraser's Mag. Jan. 82/1 In the broken water above I spun my spoon. 1867 F. Francis Bk. Angling iv. 113 The spoon is..an excellent lure; they may be had of all sorts, sizes, fashions, and colours. 1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 14 There is probably no better all-round artificial spinning~bait for salmon and pike than the spoon. e. A part of a cotton drawing-frame. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > treating or processing cotton > [noun] > machine for drawing or twisting rovings > part of roller beam1813 spoon1853 1853 A. Ure Dict. Arts (ed. 4) II. 830 The slivers from these pass over a series of conductors, termed ‘spoons’... These instruments are weighted guide levers, mounted so as to be capable of turning upon centres. f. Cricket. A ball lofted by a soft or weak shot; a stroke which ‘spoons’ the ball. Cf. spoon v.² 2b. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > [noun] > types of stroke long ball1744 nip1752 catch1816 no-hit1827 cut1833 short hit1833 draw1836 drive1836 square hit1837 skylarker1839 skyer1840 skyscraper1842 back-cut1845 bum1845 leg sweep1846 slog1846 square cut1850 driver1851 Harrow drive1851 leg slip1852 poke1853 snick1857 snorter1859 leg stroke1860 smite1861 on-drive1862 bump ball1864 rocketer1864 pull1865 grass trimmer1867 late cut1867 off-drive1867 spoon1871 push1873 push stroke1873 smack1875 Harrow drive1877 pull-stroke1880 leg glance1883 gallery-hit1884 boundary-stroke1887 glide1888 sweep1888 boundary1896 hook1896 leg glide1896 backstroke1897 flick1897 hook stroke1897 cover-drive1898 straight drive1898 square drive1900 edger1905 pull-drive1905 slash1906 placing stroke1907 push drive1912 block shot1915 if-shot1920 placing shot1921 cow-shot1922 mow1925 Chinese cut1937 haymaker1954 hoick1954 perhapser1954 air shot1956 steepler1959 mishook1961 swish1963 chop- 1871 ‘Thomsonby’ Cricketers in Council 3 A ball hit into the air is a ‘spoon’, unless it goes a long way, when it becomes a ‘skyer’. 1906 A. E. Knight Compl. Cricketer App. II. 353 Spoon, a badly mistimed hit. g. Surfing. = rocker n.¹ 9c. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > water sports except racing > surfing > [noun] > surfboard > parts of rail1962 skeg1962 stringer1962 rocker1963 spoon1963 leg rope1975 mast foot1976 1963 Pix 28 Sept. 62/4 Spoon, the slight upward slope in a surfboard. 1970 Stud. in Eng. (Univ. Cape Town) 1 28 Rocker, or banana,..indicates the curvature of the surfboard along its length; in other words, the surfboard, when viewed from the side, is higher at both ends than in the centre. More specific is the word spoon, which applies to the upturn of the nose of the surfboard. 5. †a. spoon of the brisket, the hollow at the lower end of the breast-bone. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > breastbone > [noun] > parts of heartspoonc1405 spoon of the brisket1575 manubrium1705 xiphisternal1835 episternum1840 mesosternal1854 mesosternum1868 presternum1868 xiphisternum1872 sternebra1881 mesosterneber1890 mesosternebra1890 sternite1916 1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xlii. 129 The rauens morsell (which is the gryssell at the spoone of the brisket). 1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xliii. 135 There is a litle gristle which is vpon the spoone of the brysket, which we cal the Rauens bone. a1637 B. Jonson Sad Shepherd i. vi. 40 in Wks. (1640) III Hee that undoes him; Doth cleave the brisket-bone, upon the spoone Of which, a little gristle growes. 1863 W. Thornbury True as Steel III. 3 He scooped out the gristle from the spoon of the brisket.] †b. spoon of the stomach, the pit of the stomach. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > front > belly or abdomen > [noun] > pit of heart-pitc1400 spoon of the stomach?1550 pit of the stomach1818 ?1550 H. Llwyd tr. Pope John XXI Treasury of Healthe sig. I.vi^v Boyle Frankensence..and make a plaster thereof and bynd it to the spone of the stomake. c. Zoology. A spoon-shaped part or process. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [noun] > spoon-shaped spoon1725 1725 H. Sloane Voy. Islands II. 317 Its [a spoonbill's] Head..ended in a round Spoon of two Inches Diameter. 1861 in Rep. Smithsonian Instit. 1860 251 Anatina has the spoon [supra a spoon-shaped plate] supported by a clavicle at the umbos. 6. The student last in each class in the list of mathematical honours at Cambridge; spec. the ‘wooden spoon’ (see wooden adj.). ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > candidates > who passes > passing at university > placed in tripos optime1658 wrangler1750 opt1755 optimate1792 wooden spoon1803 spoon1824 op1828 senior wrangler1831 wedge1852 senior classic1859 1824 Gradus ad Cantabr. (at cited word) The last of each class of the honours is denominated The Spoon... The Wooden Spoon, however, is κατ' ἐξοχην The Spoon. 1852 C. A. Bristed Five Years Eng. University (ed. 2) 125 There was more numerical difference between them than between the Second Wrangler and the spoon. 1852 C. A. Bristed Five Years Eng. University (ed. 2) 225 The Senior Wrangler having perhaps 3,000 or 3,500 marks to the Spoon's 200. 7. slang or colloquial. A shallow, simple, or foolish person; a simpleton, ninny, goose. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > fool, simpleton > [noun] boinarda1300 daffc1325 goky1377 nicea1393 unwiseman1400 totc1425 alphinc1440 dawc1500 hoddypeak1500 dawpatea1529 hoddypolla1529 noddy1534 kimec1535 coxcomb1542 sheep1542 sheep's head1542 goose1547 dawcock1556 nodgecock1566 peak-goosea1568 hottie tottie?c1570 Tom Towly1582 wittol1588 goose-cap1589 nodgecomb1592 ninny1593 chicken1600 fopdoodle16.. hoddy-noddy1600 hoddy-doddy1601 peagoose1606 fopster1607 nazold1607 nupson1607 wigeon1607 fondrel1613 simpleton1639 pigwidgeon1640 simpletonian1652 Tony1654 nizy1673 Simple Simon?1673 Tom Farthing1674 totty-head1680 cockcomb1684 cod1699 nikin1699 sap-pate1699 simpkin1699 mackninnya1706 gilly-gaupus?1719 noodle1720 sapskull1735 gobbin?1746 Judy1781 zanya1784 spoony1795 sap-head1798 spoon1799 gomerel1814 sap1815 neddy1818 milestone1819 sunket1823 sunketa1825 gawp1825 gawpy1825 gawpus1826 Tomnoddy1826 Sammy1828 tammie norie1828 Tommy1828 gom1834 noodlehead1835 nowmun1854 gum-sucker1855 flat-head1862 peggy1869 noodledum1883 jay1884 toot1888 peanut head1891 simp1903 sappyhead1922 Arkie1927 putz1928 steamer1932 jerk-off1939 drongo1942 galah1945 Charley1946 nong-nong1959 mouth-breather1979 twonk1981 1799 Carlton Ho. Mag. 217 The spoons or novices are permitted from prudential motives to be successful at the commencement. 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. at Spoony It is usual to call a very prating shallow fellow, a rank spoon. 1837 J. Morier Abel Allnutt xxii. 130 ‘None but a spoon would ever think so,’ said the stranger. 1882 Mrs. Houstoun Recommended to Mercy ii There now, you are going to cry!.. Now, that is being a spoon. 8. a. to be spoons with, about, or on, to be sentimentally in love with (a girl). slang. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > be in love or infatuated with [verb (transitive)] > be sentimentally in love with to be spoons with, about, or onc1859 c1859 J. S. Coyne Everybody's Friend i. i. 7 It was one of my nonsensical effusions, when I was spoons about you... Mrs. F. Spoons! Feath. Well, when I was dying in love with you, my dear. 1860 Slang Dict. 224 ‘When I was spoons with you,’ i.e., when young, and in our courting days before marriage. 1863 E. Arden (parody) in Melbourne Punch Philip Ray and Enoch Arden, Both were ‘Spoons’ on Annie Lee. 1883 D. C. Murray By Gate of Sea I. i. 7 Tregarthen..has gone spoons on the Churchill. b. plural. Without const.: Sentimental or silly fondness. Also applied to persons: Sweethearts. Rarely in singular, an instance of sentimental love-play; a fond lover. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [noun] > sentimental love-making > sentimental or silly fondness spoons1846 1846 Spirit of Times 18 Apr. 92/2 The girls are beautiful, with a very liberal allowance of ‘the spoons’, as our friend Smith would say. 1868 E. Yates Rock Ahead II. ii. ii. 109 This time it's an awful case of spoons. 1882 H. C. Merivale Faucit of Balliol III. ii. xii. 42 They were old spoons too when they were young. 1888 A. C. Gunter Mr. Potter x. 127 The moment he saw Ethel it became a wonderful case of ‘spoons’ upon his part. c1921 D. H. Lawrence Mod. Lover (1934) 188 A young chap goes out on Sunday night for a bit of a spoon. What is it but natural? c1921 D. H. Lawrence Mod. Lover (1934) 195 Yes, his reputation as a spoon would not belie him. He had lovely lips for kissing. 1939 J. Joyce Finnegans Wake 115 Some softnosed peruser might mayhem take it up erogenously as the usual case of spoons, prostituta in herba. Compounds C1. a. General attributive. spoon-case n. ΚΠ 1483 Cath. Angl. 357/1 A Spoyn case, cocliarium. 1534 in F. W. Weaver Wells Wills (1890) 91 ix coclearia argentea, que continentur in quodam loculo vocato ‘a spone case’. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses i. ii. [Nestor] 29 And snug in their spooncase of purple plush, faded, the twelve apostles. spoon-diet n. rare ΚΠ 1826 in A. C. Hutchison Pract. Obs. Surg. (ed. 2) 161 The rigid adherence to spoon diet. spoon-food n. ΚΠ 1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 185 The meal of it is seldom made into bread;..they use it mostly in spoon-food. 1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 393 In case of mumps spoon-food only is to be given. † spoon-stele n. Obsolete rare ΚΠ 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 296 It is an usuall thing..to bore the same through with a spoone stele or bodkin. spoon-tray n. ΚΠ 1765 J. Wedgwood Let. 17 June in Sel. Lett. (1965) 34 The articles are..teapot and stand, spoon-tray, Coffeepot, [etc.]. 1977 J. Fleming & H. Honour Penguin Dict. Decorative Arts 751/1 Spoon tray, a small oval or oblong dish used in mid-c18 England to hold tea-spoons. spoon-victuals n. ΚΠ 1777 Pennsylvania Evening Post 11 Feb. 73/2 Philip Clark..has a remarkable way of throwing his head back when he eats spoon victuals. 1877 C. Box Eng. Game Cricket 461 Spooning, getting under the ball. In derision, it is called ‘spoon victuals’, especially at Cambridge. 1880 C. H. Spurgeon Serm. XXVI. 590 Spoon victuals and milk must always be in the house. b. Objective. spoon-maker n. ΚΠ 1490 Canterbury City Rec. Stephanus Rycards, spoonemaker. 1647 H. Hexham Copious Eng. & Netherduytch Dict. A spoone-maker, een lepel-maker. ?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 46 Domestic Implement Maker:..Spoon Maker. spoon-manufacturer n. ΚΠ 1845 New Statist. Acct. Scotl. III. 166 The spoon-manufacturer, who must remain stationary to fabricate his wares. spoon-warmer n. ΚΠ 1885 Catal. Service of Plate 4 A spoon warmer. c. Similative. spoon-wise adj. ΚΠ 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 7 b/2 With the little spoonewyse bullet-drawer, we shalbe able to drawe forth the bullets. C2. With the sense ‘resembling a spoon in shape’. spoon-apparatus n. spoon-bit n. ΚΠ 1846 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. II. 539 The spoon-bit, is generally bent up at the end to make a taper point. spoon-bonnet n. ΚΠ 1862 C. Kingsley Water-babies iii, in Macmillan's Mag. Oct. 434/2 People must always follow the fashion, even if it be spoon-bonnets. spoon-chisel n. ΚΠ 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2288/1 Spoon-chisel , a bent chisel with the basil on both sides, used by sculptors. spoon-fork n. ΚΠ 1833 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal II. 23 Spoon-forks, as those articles,..furnished with four or five prongs, are denominated. spoon-gouge n. ΚΠ 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2288/1 Spoon-gouge, a gouge with a crooked end, used in hollowing out deep parts of wood. spoon ladle n. ΚΠ 1799 tr. Laboratory (ed. 6) I. iii. 139 Melt them together in a small silver or brass spoon ladle. spoon-net n. ΚΠ 1848 C. Kingsley Yeast in Fraser's Mag. Aug. 198/1 We shew them where the fish lie, and then..they can't get them out without us and the spoon-net. spoonseat n. ΚΠ 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvii. [Ithaca] 622 He..drew two spoonseat deal chairs to the hearthstone. spoon stopper n. ΚΠ 1758 Elaboratory 45 Spoon stoppers must be fitted to these necks. spoon wheel n. ΚΠ 1858 D. Lardner Hand-bk. Nat. Philos.: Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, & Heat (new ed.) 139 A horizontal wheel which has been much used in France, called roue à cuiller, or spoon wheel. C3. In parasynthetic adjectives, as spoon-beaked, spoon-billed, spoon-fashioned, spoon-formed. ΚΠ 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 6 b/2 That instrumente which we call the spoonewyse or spoonefashoned bullet-drawer. 1822 J. Parkinson Outl. Oryctol. 178 Myariæ—Bivalves;..a spoon-formed tooth on one or both valves. 1896 R. Lydekker Royal Nat. Hist. V. 513 The spoon~beaked sturgeon (Polyodon folius) of the Mississippi. C4. In the names of animals, birds, etc. spoon-beak n. ΚΠ 1893 H. T. Cozens-Hardy Broad Norfolk (Eastern Daily Press) 49 Spoonbeak, Shoveller duck. spoon-egg n. ΚΠ ?1711 J. Petiver Gazophylacii X. Table 94 Many girdled Spoon-egg. spoon-goose n. ΚΠ a1757 P. H. Bruce Memoirs (1782) viii. 259 There is another kind called spoon-geese; their beaks..at the extremity are flat like the mouth of a spoon beaten out. spoon-hinge n. ΚΠ ?1711 J. Petiver Gazophylacii X. Table 94 Small, white, thin Spoon~hinge. spoon-muscle n. ΚΠ ?1711 J. Petiver Gazophylacii X. Table 94 Small, white, thin, Spoon-Muscle. spoon-shell n. ΚΠ 1867 M. S. Lovell Edible Mollusks Great Brit. & Ireland 155 On some parts of the Devonshire coast it [truncated mya] is known as the spoon-shell. spoon-worm n. (see quots.). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Echinodermata > [noun] > subphylum Eleutherozoa > class Asteroidea > member of (starfish) starfish1538 sea-pad1558 sea-star1569 star1569 pad1613 finger fish1709 sea-sun1731 stelleridan1835 stelliridean1837 asteroid1841 sand-star1841 spoon-worm1841 sun star1841 sun starfish1850 Stellerid1882 stelleroid1900 1841 E. Forbes Hist. Brit. Starfishes 259 Gaertner's Spoon-worm. Thalassema Neptuni. 1841 E. Forbes Hist. Brit. Starfishes 263 Common Spoon~worm. Echiurus vulgaris. 1855 C. Kingsley Glaucus 83 That curious and rare radiate animal, the Spoonworm. 1879 E. P. Wright Animal Life 580 One..is known on the coast of the South of England as Neptune's Spoon-worm. C5. spoon-back n. the back of a chair (of a type esp. popular in the late-18th and 19th cent.) curved concavely to fit the shape of the occupant; a chair of this style; hence attributive, as spoon-back chair. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > chair > [noun] > chair with back > of specific type wainscot chair1663 Windsor chair1724 slat-back1891 comb-back1901 Windsor1901 wheel-back1902 hoop-back1905 ladder-back1908 spoon-back1909 Mendlesham chair1935 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > chair > [noun] > parts of chairs > back > type of splat1833 yoke back1835 fiddle-back1890 shield1897 comb-back1901 spoon-back1909 1909 G. O. Wheeler Old Eng. Furnit. (ed. 2) v. 167 In our illustration..we see one of those transitional specimens with cane-panels and spoon-back. 1936 Burlington Mag. July 42/2 Half-way between the spoon-back chair and the strapwork back of the George II period. 1969 J. Gloag Short Dict. Furnit. (ed. 2) 636 Spoon back, sometimes used in America for the banded back chair, of the Queen Anne period, the term may have been suggested because the profile of the back resembles the curve of a spoon. In England a comparatively rare early 19th century chair with an open concave back and semi-circular top rail is called a spoon-back. 1979 A. Scholefield Point of Honour 40 We sat down in two Victorian spoon-back chairs. spoon-backed adj. ΚΠ 1909 G. O. Wheeler Old Eng. Furnit. (ed. 2) v. 156 (caption) Queen Anne cabinet, and spoon-backed chair showing early cabriole legs. 1969 J. Gloag Short Dict. Furnit. (ed. 2) 636 Mid-Victorian single chairs with oval, waisted backs are also described as spoon-backed. spoon-bait n. = sense 4d; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > bait > artificial bait minnow1655 grasshopper1676 kill-devil1833 artificial1847 spoon1857 phantom minnow1867 spoon-baitc1878 bone-squid1883 phantom1883 spoon-hook1888 whisky-bobby1904 wagtail1906 c1878 J. Albery Crisis in Dram. Wks. (1939) II. 321 She has thrown away her heart..on..young Denham. Any cold, glittering thing does for spoon-bait. 1883 Great Internat. Fisheries Exhib. Catal. 195 Spoon-baits, trolling~spoons,..and insects for salmon..and pickerel fishing. 1888 G. B. Goode Amer. Fishes 61 Uncultured brethren who prefer the ignominious method of trolling with hand-line and spoon~bait. spoon-bend v. (intransitive). ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the paranormal > [verb (intransitive)] > practise psychokinesis spoon-bend1975 1975 Nature 2 Oct. 354/3 Some of the children still claimed they could spoon-bend without cheating. spoon-bender n. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the paranormal > [noun] > psychokinesis > one who practises telekineticist1949 spoon-bender1977 1977 Times 3 Nov. 6/1 Britain and Japan have a higher proportion of spoon-benders a head than any other country..people who can distort cutlery simply by thinking about it. spoon-bending n. the distortion of a spoon-handle by apparently psychokinetic means. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the paranormal > [noun] > psychokinesis > spoon-bending spoon-bending1977 1977 Times 3 Nov. 6/4 The military implications of spoon-bending. 1979 J. Wainwright Duty Elsewhere i. 7 He was ready to give E.S.P. the benefit of a man-sized doubt. He even claimed to have an open mind concerning the spoon-bending gag. spoon bow n. a ship's bow having full round sections reminiscent of the bowl of a spoon. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > fore part of vessel > [noun] > types of bow shark's head1831 spur-bow1877 spoon bow1902 1902 Westm. Gaz. 2 Dec. 9/1 She will have the same spoon bow and a long overhang aft and a modified fin keel. 1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. Spoon-bow. 1927 R. A. Freeman Certain Dr. Thorndyke i. ix. 136 Spoon-bows and bulb keels were things as yet undreamed of. 1969 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 23 Nov. 11/2 She is still under construction, a 54-foot fishing schooner with the same spoon bow as the famous Bluenose and the Lunenburg schooners. spoon-bowed adj. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > [adjective] > having a prow > having specific type of bow or prow bluff1627 bowed1747 bold1793 spurred1805 bluff-bowed1833 fiddle-headed1851 bluff-headed1867 figure-headless1877 spoon-bowed1900 1900 Westm. Gaz. 18 Aug. 6/3 It is so rarely that the..spoon~bowed cruiser of modern build is seen with such a name at her stern. spoon bread n. U.S. (chiefly Southern) = egg-bread n. at egg n. Compounds 3 (of such a consistency that it is usually served with a spoon). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > [noun] > other types of bread sergeant-loafa1348 clear-matin1362 bean-breadc1380 French bread1420 pease-breada1425 bran-breadc1425 grey breadc1430 angels' breadc1440 dough bread?a1500 baker's bread?1550 acorn bread1571 cart-bread1574 chapter-bread1600 diet-bread1617 ember-bread1681 buff coat1688 bust-coat1706 Picentine bread1712 chestnut-bread1814 naan1828 gluten-bread1846 to-bread1854 batch-bread1862 injera1868 coffee cake1879 pan dulce1882 quick bread1882 sour bread1884 Tommy1895 focaccia1905 hard-dough bread1911 hush puppy1918 potica1927 spoon bread1932 bake1933 pitta1936 hard-dough1966 pain de campagne1970 pocket bread1973 ciabatta1985 pain au levain1985 levain1991 1932 Scribner's Mag. June 364/3 It was time for me to speed back to the spoon bread and young broiled turkey that were being prepared for me now in Edith's kitchen. 1941 W. A. Percy Lanterns on Levee i. 11 Oh, the poor little boys..never put a lump of butter into steaming batter-bread (spoon-bread is the same thing). 1960 J. J. Rowlands Spindrift iii. 176 Spoon-bread made from coarse water-ground corn-meal. 1979 M. G. Eberhart Bayou Road i. 17 We can have some flour and spoon bread and chicken. † spoon-brod n. Obsolete rare brads for nailing roof-shingles. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > nail > roofing nails roof nail1284 shingle-nail1303 spoon-nailc1310 tile-pin1338 lead-nail1355 spoon-brod1361 stone-brod1363 stone-nail1469 slate-pin1579 shank1716 slate-peg1875 slate-nail1880 1361–2 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 127 In cc Sponbrod empt,..12d. spoon canoe n. Canadian a spoon-bowed canoe. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > vessels of primitive construction > [noun] > canoe of indigenous peoples > other types of canoe pirogue1666 dory1709 Montreal canoe1793 waka1807 tandem canoe1867 Rob Roy1868 canot du maître1872 Peterborough1882 snake-boat1882 shadow canoe1883 tandem1884 buckeye1885 Canader1893 vinta1900 bellum1901 spoon canoe1907 sponson canoe1911 ratting canoe1944 tarada1960 canot du nord1961 1907 T. Crosby Among An-ko-me-nums 141 The canoes of the Pacific coast are of the type usually called ‘dugouts’..[including] a ‘spoon canoe’, flat-bottomed and nearly straight with hardly any bow or stern. 1976 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 13 June 5/3 Their graceful spoon canoes, hand hewn, 30 feet long, 3 feet 6 inches wide..were only used on the shallow draft, northern rivers. spoon-child n. a child which has to be fed with a spoon. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > baby or infant > [noun] childOE baban?c1225 fauntekin1377 infant1382 babea1393 fauntelet1393 babyc1400 lakinc1440 mop1440 chrisomer1574 tenderling1587 chrisom1596 childling1648 flosculet1648 bratling1652 lullaby-cheat1665 strangera1674 child (also infant, baby) in armsa1675 hoppet1695 tot1725 bambino1761 weanie1786 tiny1797 dot1800 trudgeon1814 toddle1825 toddles1828 yearnling1829 dab1833 toddler1837 baba1841 arrival1846 teeny-tiny1849 toddlekins1852 mite1853 trot1854 babelet1856 nestler1866 spoon-child1868 bubby1885 chavvy1886 bub1889 kiddy1889 toddleskin1890 newborn1893 kidlet1899 kidling1899 bubba1906 bundle of joy1924 liddly1929 mammet1932 snork1941 kiddywink1957 sproglet1987 1868 W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 244 The waiter almost feeds one like a spoon-child. spoon drain n. Australian a shallow drain across a street. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > street > [noun] > gutter in a street > drain across a road or street Irish bridge1866 spoon drain1934 1934 Bulletin (Sydney) 7 Mar. 21/1 I saw your ropes fly off when you went over the spoon drain. 1972 Advertiser (Adelaide) 13 June 5/8 To lessen level crossing accidents, a double spoon drain at the approaches to all level crossings may help. spoon-fashion adv. fitting into each other after the manner of spoons. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > [adverb] > contiguously > in the manner of spoons spoonways1789 spoon-fashion1856 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. xxii. 222 Petersen and myself, reclining ‘spoon-fashion’, cowered among them. 1879 R. J. Atcherley Trip to Boërland 162 All five were fast asleep ‘spoon fashion’ on the ground. † spoon-feather n. Obsolete rare ΚΠ 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een duyfken, a young Dove, or a Pigeon with spoone feathers. † spoon-feathered adj. Obsolete (?) ΚΠ c1340 Nominale (Skeat) 852 Poucynes enbrauncheez, Spon~fytherede chykenes. 1657 T. Reeve God's Plea for Nineveh 189 When your prosperity crept out of the nest, and first cast the shell from her spoonfeathered head. † spoon-hammer n. Obsolete rare ΚΠ 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 309 The Spoon hammer..hath round Buttons at both ends. † spoon-hand n. Obsolete rare (see quots.). ΚΠ 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Spoon hand, the right hand. spoon-hook n. a spoon-bait. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > bait > artificial bait minnow1655 grasshopper1676 kill-devil1833 artificial1847 spoon1857 phantom minnow1867 spoon-baitc1878 bone-squid1883 phantom1883 spoon-hook1888 whisky-bobby1904 wagtail1906 1888 G. B. Goode Amer. Fishes 465 The latter is taken by trolling with a..minnow bait, or a spoon-hook. 1894 Outing 24 227/1 A swivel and a fluted or kidney~shaped spoon-hook. spoon-nail n. †(a) shingle-nails; (b) an irregular form of the human nail. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > nail > roofing nails roof nail1284 shingle-nail1303 spoon-nailc1310 tile-pin1338 lead-nail1355 spoon-brod1361 stone-brod1363 stone-nail1469 slate-pin1579 shank1716 slate-peg1875 slate-nail1880 the world > life > the body > nail > [noun] > types of spoon-nail1899 c1310 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 511 In 400 de Sponayl empt. pro camera Prioris, 12d. 1899 Hutchinson's Arch. Surg. X. 148 The nail, instead of presenting a convex surface, is depressed into a slight hollow—‘the spoon nail’. † spoon-tree n. Obsolete rare (see quot. 1772). ΚΠ 1772 J. R. Forster tr. P. Kalm Trav. N. Amer. I. 262 The Spoon-tree never grows to a great height... The Indians..used to make their spoons and trowels of the wood of this tree. spoonways adv. = spoon-fashion adv. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > [adverb] > contiguously > in the manner of spoons spoonways1789 spoon-fashion1856 1789 Trotter Dis. Seamen 54 They are stowed spoonways, and so closely locked into one another's arms, that it is difficult to move without treading upon them. spoon-wood n. (see quots.). ΚΠ 1814 F. Pursh Flora Amer. Septentrionalis II. 362 Tilia glabra... This tree is known by the name of Lime- or Line~tree; Basswood; Spoonwood. 1859 W. Darlington & G. Thurber Amer. Weeds & Useful Plants 214 Kalmia latifolia. Mountain Laurel. Calico Bush. Spoon-wood. Derivatives ˈspoon-like adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > curved surface > [adjective] > concave > like specific object camois1664 pouch-likea1676 scaphoidal1681 spoon-likea1686 umbilicated1693 umbilicate1698 saucer-shaped1753 boat-shaped1760 pouchy1786 cupped1796 urn-shaped1796 naviform1816 spoon-shaped1817 urn-like1826 vase-shaped1832 bag-shaped1836 basin-like1836 trough-like1839 urceiform1840 vase-like1840 saucered1847 bag-like1849 sac-like1849 pouch-shaped1854 basin-shaped1859 trough-shaped1871 bucketed1886 spooned1890 a1686 Sir T. Browne Norfolk Birds in Wks. (1852) III. 314 They..are..remarkable in their white colour, copped crown, and spoon or spatule-like bill. 1708 W. Sewel Large Dict. Eng. & Dutch ii Lepelswyze, spoon-like. 1837 Penny Cycl. VII. 430/1 On each side of this spoon-like process..is seen in each valve a large thick tooth. 1881 Encycl. Brit. XII. 300/1 Its own point falls into a spoon-like indent. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). spoonv.¹ Forms: Also 1500s spone, 1600s spoone, spoune. Etymology: Of obscure origin. See also spoom v. Nautical. Obsolete (exc. archaic). 1. intransitive. In sailing, to run before the wind or sea; to scud. Also with away. (Common in 17th cent.) ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > avail oneself of a wind [verb (intransitive)] > sail before the wind scud1582 spoon1588 spoom1628 to stand down1635 to bear down1671 skid1815 to roll down to St. Helena1834 1588 R. Parke tr. J. G. de Mendoza Hist. Kingdome of China 301 They sponed before the winde with their foresayle halfe mast hie. 1589 C. Hall in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations iii. 618 We had so much winde that we spooned afore the sea. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ix. 40 If she will neither Try nor Hull, Then Spoone, that is, put her right before the wind. 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. i. ii. 17 The Ship lies very broad off; it is better spooning before the Sea, than trying or hulling. 1694 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) iv. xviii. 75 The next day we spied nine Sail that came spooning before the Wind. 1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 353 We went spooning away large with the Wind, for one of the Islands. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. i. 3 [copying quot. 1669], The Ship lay very broad off, so we thought it better spooning before the Sea, than trying or hulling. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Spooning. By the explanation of this term in our dictionaries, it seems formerly to have signified that movement, in navigation, which is now called scudding. Be that as it may, there is at present no such phrase in our sea-language. 1885 R. F. Burton tr. Arabian Nights' Entertainm. I. xviii. 171 We ceased not spooning before a fair wind till we had exchanged the sea of peril for the seas of safety.] figurative.1671 J. Crowne Juliana v. 54 Whil'st you set Sail..And leave this floating world behind. Till spooning gently on..You turn an Angel unaware. 2. To move rapidly on or upon another vessel. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > direct or manage ship [verb (transitive)] > set a ship's course > move rapidly on another vessel spoon1608 1608 High Court of Admiralty Exam. 40 20 Dec. The sea going high forced the Scottishe shipp to Spoone on borde the Elizabeth. 1608 High Court of Admiralty Exam. 40 20 Dec. [It] came spooning uppon the Elizabeth. 3. transitive. (See quot. 1685.) ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > carry specific amount of sail [verb (transitive)] > set or spread (sails) > specifically the foresail spoon1685 1685 N. Boteler Six Dialogues Sea-services 293 They use to set the Fore sail to make her the steddier, and this is called spooning the Fore-sail. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2021). spoonv.² Brit. /spuːn/, U.S. /spun/ Etymology: < spoon n. I. To raise or transfer by means of a spoon, and related uses; to lie close or hollow out, in the manner of spoons. 1. transitive. To lift or transfer by means of a spoon. Chiefly with prepositions and adverbs, as into, off, out, up. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > transference > [verb (transitive)] > by a ladle, shovel, etc. ladec950 keach1387 shovelc1440 scuppet1599 spoon1715 ladle1859 the world > food and drink > food > serving food > [verb (transitive)] > in specific manner servea1450 spoon1715 plate1953 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (transitive)] > take (liquid food) with spoon supeOE spoon1715 1715 Disc. Death 75 How must his meat be chewed for him, and Papp spooned into his Mouth. 1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey I. ii. v. 122 She negligently spooned her soup, and then, after much parade, sent it away untouched. 1845 A. Smith Fortunes Scattergood Family II. iii. 32 Mr. Bam at the sideboard..spooning up the [salad-]dressing. 1863 C. Dickens Uncommerc. Traveller in All Year Round 6 June 351/1 He..spooned his soup into himself with a malignancy of hand and eye that blighted the amiable questioner. 1905 H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church p. lxvii The spoons were used to spoon out the incense. figurative and in extended use.1840 M. Edgeworth Let. 30 Dec. (1971) 574 At Coffee time she spooned out a fine compliment to Miss E about Frank and Rosamond.1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh v. 186 A pewter age,..An age of scum, spooned off the richer past.1870 H. A. Nicholson Man. Zool. xxxiv. 193 The expanded epipodite of the second pair of maxillæ, which constantly spoons out the water from..the branchial chamber. 2. In games: a. Croquet. (See quot. 1897.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > croquet > play croquet [verb (transitive)] > types of play or stroke croquet1858 roquet1859 run1863 spoon1865 wire1866 to get the rush (on a ball)1868 rush1868 to peg out1869 cut1874 split1877 peel1914 1865 F. Locker Mr. Placid's Flirtation in London Lyrics vii Belabour thy neighbour, and spoon through thy hoops. 1872 R. C. A. Prior Notes on Croquet 56 Spoon is a term that could hardly have been suggested by any application of a mallet to a ball. 1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 255/1 The following are foul strokes:..To spoon—i.e. to push a ball without an audible knock. b. Cricket. To hit or lift (the ball) up in the air with a soft or weak stroke. Also, to hit (a simple catch). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > bat [verb (transitive)] > hit > hit with specific stroke take1578 stop1744 nip1752 block1772 drive1773 cut1816 draw1816 tip1816 poke1836 spoon1836 mow1844 to put up1845 smother1845 sky1849 crump1850 to pick up1851 pull1851 skyrocket1851 swipe1851 to put down1860 to get away1868 smite1868 snick1871 lift1874 crack1882 smack1882 off-drive1888 snip1890 leg1892 push1893 hook1896 flick1897 on-drive1897 chop1898 glance1898 straight drive1898 cart1903 edge1904 tonk1910 sweep1920 mishook1934 middle1954 square-drive1954 tickle1963 square-cut1976 slash1977 splice1982 paddle1986 1836 E. Jesse Angler's Rambles 296 She had a perfect knowledge of what was a bad hit; and when her lover spooned a ball up into the air, which was of course caught, he generally walked off to a distant part of the field. 1879 Boy's Own Paper 13 Dec. 168/2 To the younger boys he gave slow balls, which they were induced to ‘spoon’, and were caught out in consequence. 1882 Daily Tel. 17 May Having made five he spooned one to long off. 1912 A. Brazil New Girl at St. Chad's vii. 115 She played too soon at a short-pitched ball, and spooned a catch to mid-on. 1976 J. Snow Cricket Rebel 113 Soon afterwards he spooned a simple catch from a stroke ringsiders described as a ‘protective jab’. c. Golf. To hit (a ball) in putting so as to lift it. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > play golf [verb (transitive)] > type of play or stroke drive1743 draw1842 heel1857 hook1857 loft1857 founder1878 to top a ball1881 chip1889 duff1890 pull1890 slice1890 undercut1891 hack1893 toe1893 spoon1896 borrow1897 overdrive1900 trickle1902 bolt1909 niblick1909 socket1911 birdie1921 eagle1921 shank1925 explode1926 bird1930 three-putt1946 bogey1948 double-bogey1952 fade1953 1896 W. Park Game of Golf 217 The ball must be fairly struck at, and not pushed, scraped, or spooned. 3. To catch (fish) by means of a spoon-bait. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [verb (transitive)] > bait a hook > catch fish with specific bait spoon1888 mooch1947 1888 Mrs. H. Ward Robert Elsmere II. iv. xxvii. 300 He had with him all the tackle necessary for spooning pike. 4. a. intransitive. To lie close together, to fit into each other, in the manner of spoons. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > be near [verb (intransitive)] > be in contact > be in close contact > in specific manner shoulder1603 spoon1887 1887 Harper's Mag. Apr. 781/2 Two persons in each bunk, the sleepers ‘spooning’ together, packed like sardines. 1894 Outing 24 343/2 The precision with which we could ‘spoon’ that sad night was truly beautiful to behold. b. transitive. To lie with (a person) spoon-fashion. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > be near to [verb (transitive)] > be in contact with > lie close to in manner of spoons spoon1887 1887 Harper's Mag. Dec. 49/2 ‘Now spoon me.’ Sterling stretched himself out on the warm flag-stone, and the boy nestled up against him. 5. To hollow out, make concave, after the fashion of a spoon. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > curved surface > form curved surface [verb (transitive)] > make concave hollowc1450 incavate1727 to jaw away1802 dish1805 concave1818 saucer1855 spoon1897 cup1909 1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 459 [article Golf] The face of the brassy is often ‘spooned’ or sloped backward, so as to raise the ball in the air. II. Senses relating to sentimental love-making. 6. intransitive. a. To make love, esp. in a sentimental or silly fashion. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > be in love [verb (intransitive)] > make love in sentimental fashion spoon1831 1831 Countess Granville Lett. (1894) II. 77 The billiard room, in which they spooned. 1864 G. Meredith Emilia in Eng. II. xvi. 284 You might have—pardon the slang—spooned,—who knows? 1872 C. J. Lever Ld. Kilgobbin lxxix So long as a man spoons, he can talk of his affection. 1898 J. B. Wollocombe From Morn till Eve vii. 84 Many danced, while others spooned under the influence of the summer moonlight. b. Const. on (a person). ΚΠ 1882 A. Edwardes Ballroom Repent. I. 68 The young woman with ribbons, you know, that you were spooning on. 7. transitive. To court or pay addresses to (a person), esp. in a sentimental manner. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > be in love or infatuated with [verb (transitive)] > be sentimentally in love with > pay addresses in sentimental manner spoon1877 1877 ‘Mrs. Forrester’ Mignon I. 252 It was pleasant to spoon her when there was nothing else to do. 1894 K. Grahame Pagan Papers 148 When a Fellow was spooning his sister once, they used to employ him to carry notes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c725v.¹1588v.²1715
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