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spoon

1. an angling lure for spinning or trolling, consisting of a bright piece of metal which swivels on a trace to which are attached a hook or hooks

2. Golf a former name for a No. 3 wood

3. Rowing a type of oar blade that is curved at the edges and tip to gain a firm grip on the water

spoon [spün]

(design engineering)

A slender rod with a cup-shaped projection at right angles to the rod, used for scraping drillings out of a borehole.

(mining engineering)

An instrument in which earth or pulp may be delicately tested by washing to detect gold or amalgam.

spoon

In plastering, a small steel tool, used in finishing moldings by hand.

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