Noah Webster
Spoon
SPOON, noun
1. A small domestic utensil, with a bowl or concave part and a handle, for dipping liquids; as a tea spoon; a table spoon
2. An instrument consisting of a bowl or hollow iron and a long handle, used for taking earth out of holes dug for setting posts.
SPOON, verb intransitive To put before the wind in a gale. [I believe not now used.]