spume
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Spume drenched his antlers, waves submerged his muzzle as he swam, obviously in distress, into the wind.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Spume from the crested breakers at her wallowing bow salted the rain on his dripping face.
From Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 by Day, Holman
Spume, spūm, n. scum or froth thrown up by liquid: foam.—v.i. to throw up scum: to foam.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Spume and swirl spun under their feet; Sparkle and flash, for the runners were fleet; Over them climbed the day to its heat.
From The Unknown Sea by Housman, Clemence
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