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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A sorbet containing fruit juice

Verb

1. 1
   To sail briskly with the wind astern, with or without sails hoisted.

   "17th century: Samuel Pepys We might have spooned before the wind as well as they."

Example

More examples

"17th century: Samuel Pepys We might have spooned before the wind as well as they."

Etymology

Probably a variant of spume (“foam”).

Related phrases

fruit juice

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