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red corpuscle (medicine) and spoon(1) (iou)


red corpuscle (medicine)


red corpuscle -->
erythrocyte


A red blood cell.


spoon(1) (iou)



spoon noun. [spu:n]
[Old English spon = Middle Low German span, Middle Dutch spaen, Old High German span (German Span shaving), Old Norse sponn, spann. Sense 2 is specifically Scandinavian (Norwegian and Icelandic).]
a. A thin piece of wood; a chip, a splinter. OE-E16.
b. A roofing shingle. ME-L15.
An implement consisting of an oval or round bowl with a long straightish handle, used for conveying Food (esp. liquid) to the mouth or plate, and for stirring, mixing, etc. (Freq. with specifying word.) ME.
dessertspoon, soup spoon, teaspoon, etc. slotted spoon etc.
Proverb: Who sups with the devil will need a long spoon.
b. A gift (in allus. to the traditional gift of a spoon to a child at his or her baptism). rare (Shakes.). Only in E17.
c. The contents of a spoon, a spoonful; spec. a teaspoonful of sugar. E20.
d. A dose or measure of an intoxicating drug; spec. two grams of heroin. US. M20.
e. In pl. A pair of spoons held in the hand and beaten together rhythmically as a percussion instrument. L20.
a. A spoon-shaped instrument used in surgery for scraping, or in heating or testing substances. LME.
b. A Golf club with a slightly concave wooden head (Hist.); a lofted stroke played with such a club. L18.
c. Angling. An artificial bait in the shape of the bowl of a spoon, used in spinning or trolling. Also spoon-bait. M19.
d. Cricket. A ball lofted by a soft or weak shot; a weak stroke which lifts the ball in the air. L19.
e. Surfing. The slight upward slope of a surfboard. M20.
Zoology. A spoon-shaped part or process. rare. E18.
A shallow or foolish person; a simpleton. colloq. L18.
The student lowest in each class in the list of mathematical honours at Cambridge (the recipient of a wooden spoon). E19.
In pl., sentimental or silly fondness; sing., an instance of sentimental love-play; a fond lover. M19.
Phrases: be spoons about, be spoons on, be spoons with slang be in love with. born with a silver spoon in one's mouth born in affluence or under lucky auspices. deflagrating spoon: see DEFLAGRATE. GREASY spoon (restaurant). make a spoon or spoil a horn (orig. Scot.) make a determined effort to achieve something. silver spoon: see SILVER noun & adjective. spoon of the brisket the hollow at the lower end of the breastbone of an animal. wooden spoon: see WOODEN adjective.
Comb.: spoon-back noun & adjective (a) noun (the back of) a chair curved concavely to fit a person's shape (popular in the late 18th and 19th centuries); (b) adjective designating a chair of this type; spoon-backed adjective (of a chair) having a spoon-back; spoon-bait: see sense 3c above; spoon-bender a person who practises spoon-bending; spoon-bending the distortion of a spoon-handle or similar object by apparently psychokinetic means; spoon-billed adjective (Ornithology) having a spatulate or spoon-shaped bill; spoon-billed sandpiper = SPOONBILL sandpiper; spoon bow a boat's bow with full round sections resembling the bowl of a spoon; spoon-bread US soft maize bread; spoon canoe Canad.: having a spoon bow; spoon drain Austral. a shallow drain running across a street; spoon-Fashion adverb fitting into each Other after the manner of spoons; spoonfeed verb trans. (a) feed (a baby etc.) with a spoon; (b) provide (a person) with help, information, etc., so that no thought or effort is required by the recipient; (c) artificially encourage (an industry) by subsidies or import duties; spoon-hook Angling a spoon-bait; spoon-meat soft or liquid Food for eating with a spoon, esp. by infants or invalids; spoonwood the mountain laurel, Kalmia latifolia; spoonworm = ECHIUROID noun.
spooner noun1 (rare) (a) a person who makes spoons; (b) a spoon-holder: ME.
spoonful noun as much as a spoon will hold, as much as may be lifted in a spoon; transf. a very small quantity: ME.
spoonish adjective (rare) foolish M19.
spoonist noun the recipient of a spoon (only with specifying word); wooden spoonist: see WOODEN adjective: L20.
spoonless adjective (rare) M19.