\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.