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spindrift

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spin·drift  (spndrft)
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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Noun1.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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We shipped them aboard the Duque de Mondejo's yacht Braganza; the schooner Spindrift had disappeared from the face of the waters for ever.
 
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