A spoon is a common eating utensil, or item of cutlery[?], like a small spade[?], that occurs in a number of sizes and forms and is also suitable for liquid food and for stirring, and can have a number of other uses, including: courtship, combat and musical entertainment, strangely enough.
... 13, ii. 9, iii. 6,
59). In other works, however, Thomas à Kempis
exalts Mary as the queen of heaven, the efficient
mediatress of sinners, and to her all should flee ...