Spool (?), n. [OE. spole, OD. spoele, D. spoel; akin to G. spule, OHG.
spuola, Dan. & Sw. spole.] A piece of cane or red with a knot at each
end, or a hollow cylinder of wood with a ridge at each end, used to
wind thread or yarn upon.
Spool stand, an article holding spools of thread, turning on pins, --
used by women at their work.
Spool, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spooled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Spooling.] To
wind on a spool or spools.
Spool"er (?), n. One who, or that which, spools.
Spoom (?), v. i. [Probably fr. spum foam. See Spume.] (Naut.) To be
driven steadily and swiftly, as before a strong wind; to be driven
before the wind without any sail, or with only a part of the sails
spread; to scud under bare poles. [Written also spoon.]
When virtue spooms before a prosperous gale, My heaving wishes help
to fill the sail.
Dryden.