spindrift
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noun
spray swept by a violent wind along the surface of the sea.
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| —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 + | |
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Spindrift
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Word Origin & History
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].
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Example sentences
Runnels of spindrift avalanches began to pour down the face around us, and it became imperative to seek some kind of shelter.
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