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spin·drift
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ˈspɪnˌdrɪft
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noun
spray swept by a violent wind along the surface of the sea.
Also,
spoondrift.
Origin:
1590–1600;
variant of
Scots
speendrift
spoondrift
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spindrift
(ˈspɪnˌdrɪft)
—
n
1.
spray blown up from the surface of the sea
2.
powdery snow blown off a mountain
[C17: of Scottish origin, possibly from a variant of obsolete
spoon
to scud +
drift
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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spindrift
1600, Scottish formation from verb spene, alteration of spoon "to sail before the wind" (1576, of uncertain origin) +
drift
. "Common in English writers from c 1880, probably at first under the influence of W. Black's novels" [OED].
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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