Spoomed vs Spooled - What's the difference?
spoomed | spooled |
(spoom)
(nautical) To sail briskly with the wind astern, with or without sails hoisted.
* 17th century : Samuel Pepys
* 17th century : John Dryden
(spool)
A device around which thread, wire or cable is wound, especially a cylinder or spindle.
(computing) A temporary storage area for electronic mail, etc.
To wind on a spool or spools.
(computing) To send files to a device or a program (a spooler or a daemon that puts them in a queue for processing at a later time).
As verbs the difference between spoomed and spooled
is that spoomed is (spoom) while spooled is (spool).spoomed
English
Verb
(head)spoom
English
Alternative forms
* (l)Verb
(en verb)- We might have spooned before the wind as well as they.
- When virtue spooms before a prosperous gale, / My heaving wishes help to fill the sail.