spindrift
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
spindrift/ˈspɪndrɪft/
▶noun
- 1 spray blown from the crests of waves by the wind.
- 2 driving snow.
– origin C17 (orig. Scots): var. of spoondrift, from archaic spoon ‘run before wind or sea’ + drift.
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