Spoon

spoon, n. An instrument consisting of a small bowl (usually a shallow oval) with a handle, used in preparing or partaking of food. — v. t. To take up or out (food, etc.) with a spoon. — Spoon'ey, -y, -I, a. Weak-minded; silly; lovesick, — n. One who is, etc. — Spoon-bill, n. A migratory wading bird, of several species, allied to the heron, and frequenting seacoasts and the borders of rivers,— so named from the shape of the bill. The white spoonbill is a European bird; the roseate spoonbill is found in S. Amer.— Spoon1ul,-ful, n.;pl. -FULS. The quantity which a spoon contains, or is able to contai n; a small quantity. — Spoon'-drift, n. (Naut.) A showery sprinkling of sea-water, swept from the tops of the waves, and driven upon the surface in a tempest. — -meat, n. Food taken with a spoon; liquid food.