Spindrift

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Spoondrift \Spoon"drift\ (-dr[i^]ft), n. [Spoom + drift.]
     Spray blown from the tops of waves during a gale at sea;
     also, snow driven in the wind at sea; -- written also
     {spindrift}.
     [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  spindrift
       n : spray blown up from the surface of the sea [syn: {spoondrift}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  31 Moby Thesaurus words for "spindrift":
     breakers, collar, foam, froth, head, lather, meringue, mousse,
     offscum, plash, puff, scud, scum, sea foam, shower, slosh,
     soapsuds, souffle, sparge, spatter, splash, splatter, spoondrift,
     spray, sprinkle, spume, stinging, suds, surf, swash, white water