Spoony.

Lovingly soft. A seaphrase. When a ship under sail in a sea-storm cannot bear it, but is obliged to put right before the wind, she is said to “spoon;” so a young man under sail in the sea of courtship “spoons” when he cannot bear it, but is obliged to put right before the gale of his lady’s “eyebrow.”

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Splendid Shilling
Splice
Splice the Main Brace
Spoke (verb)
Spoke (noun)
Sponge
Spontaneous Combustion
Spoon
Spoon (A)
Spooning
Spoony
Sporran (Gaelic)
Sport a Door or Oak
Sporting Seasons in England
Spouse (Spouze, 1 syl.)
Spout
Sprat
Spread-eagle (To)
Spread-eagle Oratory
Spring Gardens (London)
Spring Tide