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spoonful|ˈspuːnfʊl|
[f. spoon n. + -ful.]
As much as fills a spoon; such an amount as can be lifted in a spoon.
αc1290S. Eng. Leg. I. 193 He nadde nouȝt a spone-ful ale. c1380in Rel. Ant. I. 52 Pouder of seede of lanett a sponfull, and of love-ache a sponfull. a1425tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula, etc. 75 Putte þerin a sponeful of comon salt. c1475Henryson Poems (S.T.S.) III. 152 Thre sponfull of þe blak spyce. 1547Boorde Brev. Health §207 Drynke halfe a sponeful mornyng and euenynge. 1599B. Jonson Ev. Man out of Hum. iv. i, How cleanly he wipes his spoon at euery spoonfull of any whit-meat he eats. 1625Laws Stannaries iii. (1808) 17 A true note in writing..certifying the just number of pieces, slabs, or spoonfuls of tin above a pound weight. 1669W. Simpson Hydrol. Chym. 328 It gives help..being taken to the quantity of three or four spoonfulls. 1738Gentl. Mag. VIII. 661/1 Sometimes a Spoonful, and sometimes but some few Drops. 1800tr. Lagrange's Chem. I. 430 Throw this mixture by spoonfuls into a crucible. 1890Science-Gossip XXVI. 263 When a spoonful of food is dropped in, the water seems in a moment to be alive with fish.
β1527Andrew Brunswyke's Distyll. Waters D j, Dronke of the same water foure spones full at nyght is good agaynste the hote cowgh. 1599A. M. tr. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physicke 145/2 Administre of this water thre spoonesfulle. 1863Bates Nat. Amazon v. (1864) 125 We had brought with us a bag of farinha,..and a few spoonsful of salt. 1897‘Ouida’ Massarenes xiii, Two spoonsful of Cognac in it.
b. transf. A very small quantity or number.
1531Elyot Gov. i. xv, If he haue a spone full of latine, he wyll shewe forth a hoggeshede withoute any lernyng. 1551T. Wilson Logike (1580) 79 One that hath but a spone⁓full of witte, maie answere to this question. 1652N. Culverwel Lt. Nature i. xv. (1661) 127 Babes in Intellectuals must take in..those spoonfuls of Knowledge. 1894Advance (Chicago) 9 Aug., Those who come [to a service] find only ‘a spoonful’ present, and no leader. |