spoondrift

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A curtain of spoondrift hung above that awful reef and almost shut from the view of those ashore the open sea and what swam on it.

From Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper by Cooper, James A.

She dodged occasionally to protect her eyes from the spoondrift which slatted so sharply across the deck and 156 into the cockpit.

From Wyn's Camping Days or, The Outing of the Go-Ahead Club by Marlowe, Amy Bell

The spoondrift, too, came straight along our deck, over the taffrail, as if it would cut our legs off; for, though we flew at a pretty good rate, it flew faster.

From The Three Lieutenants by Webb, Archibald

At six bells in the morning watch the main-topsail blew out of the bolt-ropes with a report like a gun's, and went swirling away into the flying spoondrift down on our lee quarter.

From Harper's Round Table, June 18, 1895 by Various

Amid a mass of spoondrift the schooner drove helplessly before it.

From Salt Water The Sea Life and Adventures of Neil D'Arcy the Midshipman by Lacey, C. J. de