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/spin"drift'/, n.spray swept by a violent wind along the surface of the sea.Also, spoondrift.[1590-1600; var. of Scots speendrift SPOONDRIFT]
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Spindrift — usually refers to spray, particularly to the spray blown from cresting waves during a gale. This spray, which drifts in the direction of the gale, is one of the characteristics of a wind speed of 8 Beaufort and higher at sea.Relatedly, spindrift… … Wikipedia
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.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
spindrift — c.1600, Scottish formation from verb spene, alteration of spoon to sail before the wind (1570s, of uncertain origin) + DRIFT (Cf. drift). Common in English writers from c 1880, probably at first under the influence of W. Black s novels [OED] … Etymology dictionary
spindrift — ► NOUN 1) spray blown from the crests of waves by the wind. 2) driving snow. ORIGIN from archaic spoondrift, from spoon «run before wind or sea» + DRIFT(Cf. ↑drift) … English terms dictionary
spindrift — [spin′drift΄] n. [earlier spenedrift, Scot var. of spoondrift < spoon, to scud (< ?) + DRIFT] spray blown from a rough sea or surf … English World dictionary
spindrift — 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
spindrift — /ˈspɪndrɪft/ (say spindrift) noun spray swept by a violent wind along the surface of the sea. Also, spoondrift. {spin1 + drift} …
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