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Definition of Spoondrift
1. Noun. Spray blown up from the surface of the sea.
Definition of Spoondrift
1. n. Spray blown from the tops waves during a gale at sea; also, snow driven in the wind at sea; -- written also spindrift.
Definition of Spoondrift
1. Noun. (alternative form of spindrift) ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Spoondrift
Literary usage of Spoondrift
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The United Service Magazine by Arthur William Alsager Pollock (1853)
"Again and again did this happen ; _ i we were drenched to the skin Ъу the
spoondrift, we were by the wonderful triumph of the ship's course over the madly- ..."
2. Advanced Text-book of Physical Geography by David Page (1864)
"... are the first points of Cancer and of Capricorn, and the two corresponding
seasons of the year are known as the Summer and Winter Solstices. spoondrift ..."
3. Some Recollections by Charles Porter Low (1906)
"The stoutest and firmest man in the ship could not stand before any one of the
ports, the spoondrift being driven through them with the force of a shot from ..."
4. Some Recollections by Charles Porter Low (1905)
"The stoutest and firmest man in the ship could not stand before any one of the
ports, the spoondrift being driven through them with the force of a shot from ..."
5. Geological Glossary: For the Use of Students by Thomas Oldham, Richard Dixon Oldham (1879)
"spoondrift. —A sailors' name for the driven or drifted spray of the sea. When the
force of a tempest becomes very intense it absolutely quells or cuts off ..."
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