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[syn: spindrift, spoondrift]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Spoondrift \Spoon"drift\ (-dr[i^]ft), n. [Spoom + drift.]
Spray blown from the tops of waves during a gale at sea;
also, snow driven in the wind at sea; -- written also
spindrift.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Spindrift \Spin"drift\, n.
Same as Spoondrift.
The ocean waves are broken up by wind, ultimately
producing the storm wrack and spindrift of the
tempest-tossed sea. --J. E. Marr.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
spindrift
n 1: spray blown up from the surface of the sea [syn:
spindrift, spoondrift]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
31 Moby Thesaurus words for "spindrift":
breakers, collar, foam, froth, head, lather, meringue, mousse,
offscum, plash, puff, scud, scum, sea foam, shower, slosh,
soapsuds, souffle, sparge, spatter, splash, splatter, spoondrift,
spray, sprinkle, spume, stinging, suds, surf, swash, white water