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.
Spoon, v. t. To take up in, or as in, a spoon.
Spoon, v. i. To act with demonstrative or foolish fondness, as one in
love. [Colloq.]
Spoon"bill` (?), n. (Zoöl.) (a) Any one of several species of wading
birds of the genera Ajaja and Platalea, and allied genera, in which the
long bill is broadly expanded and flattened at the tip.
The roseate spoonbill of America (Ajaja ajaja), and the European
spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) are the best known. The royal spoonbill
(P. regia) of Australia is white, with the skin in front of the eyes
naked and black. The male in the breeding season has a fine crest.
(b) The shoveler. See Shoveler, 2. (c) The ruddy duck. See under Ruddy.
(d) The paddlefish.
Spoon"-billed` (?), a. (Zoöl.) Having the bill expanded and spatulate
at the end.
Spoon"drift (?), n. [Spoom + drift.] Spray blown from the tops waves
during a gale at sea; also, snow driven in the wind at sea; -- written
also spindrift.
Spoon"ey (?), a. Weak-minded; demonstratively fond; as, spooney lovers.
[Spelt also spoony.] [Colloq.]
Spoon"ey, n.; pl. Spooneye (&?;). A weak-minded or silly person; one
who is foolishly fond. [Colloq.]
There is no doubt, whatever, that I was a lackadaisical young
spooney.
Dickens.
Spoon"ful (?), n.; pl. Spoonfuls (&?;). 1. The quantity which a spoon
contains, or is able to contain; as, a teaspoonful; a tablespoonful.