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The quantity which a spoon contains, or is able to contain; as, a teaspoonful; a tablespoonful.

In a spoony manner.

The mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia).

A gephyrean worm of the genus Thalassema, having a spoonlike probiscis.

Scurvy grass.

Same as Spooney.

A spoon of the largest size commonly used at the table; -- distinguished from teaspoon, dessert spoon, etc.

As much as a tablespoon will hold; enough to fill a tablespoon. It is usually reckoned as one half of a fluid ounce, or four fluid drams.

The stopper of a barrel; a bung.

A piece of wood or sheet metal fitted into a ditch to dam up the water so as to overflow a field. [U. S.]

A small spoon used in stirring and sipping tea, coffee, etc., and for other purposes.

As much as teaspoon will hold; enough to fill a teaspoon; -- usually reckoned at a fluid dram or one quarter of a tablespoonful.

; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout. Lampoons . . . were handed about the coffeehouses. Macaulay. Roving still about the world. Milton.

serving as the instrument of abuse; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous. "An abusive lampoon." Johnson.

A white metallic alloy; which is made into spoons, forks, teapots, etc. British plate or German silver. See German silver, under German.

ssert that it can be found in the writings of Ambrose in the fourth century. -- Apostle spoon (Antiq.), a spoon of silver, with the handle terminating in the figure of an apostle. One or more were offered by sponsors at baptism as a present to the godchild. B. Jonson.

A round piece of timber at the bow or stern of a whaleboat, around which the harpoon lone is run out when the whale darts off.

A small wheel, made of leather, with rounded edges, used in polishing spoons, etc.

e used in naval bombardments; -- called also mortar vessel. -- Bomb lance, a lance or harpoon with an explosive head, used in whale fishing. -- Volcanic bomb, a mass of lava of a spherical or pear shape. "I noticed volcanic bombs." Darwin.

The bollow part of a thing; as, the bowl of a spoon.