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From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Spoon
,
n.
1.
An
implement
consisting
of
a
small
bowl
(
usually
a
shallow
oval
)
with
a
handle
,
used
especially
in
preparing
or
eating
food
.
“
Therefore
behoveth
him
a
full
long
spoon
That
shall
eat
with
a
fiend
,”
thus
heard
I
say
. --
Chaucer
.
He
must
have
a
long
spoon
that
must
eat
with
the
devil
.
--
Shak
.
2.
Anything
which
resembles
a
spoon
in
shape
;
esp
.
Fishing
,
a
spoon
bait
.
3.
Fig
.:
A
simpleton
;
a
spooney
. [
Slang
]
4.
Golf
A
wooden
club
with
a
lofted
face
.
Spoon bait
Fishing
,
a
lure
used
in
trolling
,
consisting
of
a
glistening
metallic
plate
shaped
like
the
bowl
of
a
spoon
with
a
fishhook
attached
.
Spoon bit
,
a
bit
for
boring
,
hollowed
or
furrowed
along
one
side
.
Spoon net
,
a
net
for
landing
fish
.
Spoon oar
.
See
under
Oar
.
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