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spin·drift (sp

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n.

Windblown sea spray. Also called spoondrift.

[Variant of Scots spenedrift : spene (variant of obsolete spoon, to run before the wind) + drift.]

spindrift

Noun

spray blown up from the sea [Scots variant of spoondrift, from spoon to scud + drift]

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spindrift - spray blown up from the surface of the sea

spray - water in small drops in the atmosphere; blown from waves or thrown up by a waterfall

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