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Spoon bait
(gcide) | Spoon \Spoon\, n. [OE. spon, AS. sp[=o]n, a chip; akin to D.
spaan, G. span, Dan. spaan, Sw. sp[*a]n, Icel. sp['a]nn,
sp['o]nn, a chip, a spoon. [root]170. Cf. Span-new.]
1. An implement consisting of a small bowl (usually a shallow
oval) with a handle, used especially in preparing or
eating food.
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"Therefore behoveth him a full long spoon
That shall eat with a fiend," thus heard I say.
--Chaucer.
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He must have a long spoon that must eat with the
devil. --Shak.
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2. Anything which resembles a spoon in shape; esp. (Fishing),
a spoon bait.
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3. Fig.: A simpleton; a spooney. [Slang] --Hood.
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4. (Golf) A wooden club with a lofted face. --Encyc. of
Sport.
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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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