Spontoon, spon-toon', s

a kind of military half pike, used for signalling orders. Spool, spool, s. a piece of cane or reed used by weavers for winding yarn on: v.a. to wind on spools (Ger.) Spool-stand, spool -stand, s. an article holding spools of fine thread, used by ladies at their work. Spoom, spoom, v.n. to be driven swiftly before the wind(Naut.] Spoon, spoon, s. a small domestic utensil, for dipping in liquids, and supping with: v.a. to take up with a Spoon-bill, spoon'-bil, s. a wading bird of the heron Spoon-drift, spoon'-drift, s. a showery sprinkling of Spooney, S spoon'-e,Sa, soft; silly; softly affected: s. Spoonful, spoon'-ful, s. as much as a spoon contains; a Spoon-meat, spoon'-meet, s. food that is or must be Spoon-wort, spoon'-wurt, s. scurvy-gra . Sporadic, spo-rad' -ic, a. separate; single; scattered. ] Sporadic disease, a disease, usually epidemic. attacking only a few ina district and not spreading, (Gr. sporas, scattered, from spiro, to sow) Sporadically, spo-rad'-e-kal-le, ad. in a sporadic. manner; separately.