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spindrift


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Spoondrift  \Spoon"drift\,  n.  [Spoom  +  drift.] 
  Spray  blown  from  the  tops  waves  during  a  gale  at  sea;  also 
  snow  driven  in  the  wind  at  sea;  --  written  also  {spindrift}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  spindrift 
  n  :  spray  blown  up  from  the  surface  of  the  sea  [syn:  {spoondrift}] 




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