SPOOK Spook, n. Etym: [D. spook; akin to G. spuk, Sw. spöke, Dan. spögelse a specter, spöge to play, sport, joke, spög a play, joke.]
1. A spirit; a ghost; an apparition; a hobgoblin. [Written also spuke.] Ld. Lytton.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The chimæra.
SPOOL
Spool, n. Etym: [OE. spole, OD. spoele, D. spoel; akin to G. spule,
OHG. spuola, Dan. & Sw. spole.]
Defn: A piece of cane or red with a knot at each end, or a hollow cylinder of wood with a ridge at each end, used to wind thread or yarn upon. Spool stand, an article holding spools of thread, turning on pins, — used by women at their work.
SPOOL
Spool, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spooled; p. pr. & vb. n. Spooling.]
Defn: To wind on a spool or spools.
SPOOLER
Spool"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, spools.