sea-drift

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Poseidon, rider of the wild sea-drift, Tamed them, men say, and gave them for his gift To Peleus.—None the less, since I have stirred Hopes, I will baulk them not.

From The Rhesus of Euripedes by Euripedes

Shall it dash 'neath cliffs untrodden, Rocks where nought but sea-drift strays?

From In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses by Lawson, Henry

When this happens, birds alight there; sea-drift is carried thither; seeds are blown to it by the wind; and gradually a few green blades arise.

From The Ocean and its Wonders by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

He was very fond of spending what leisure time he had in strolling along the rocky coast searching for sea-drift and minerals, or reading some favourite book.

From Triumphs of Invention and Discovery in Art and Science by Fyfe, J. Hamilton

They stopped, leaning over a jagged fence made of sea-drift, to ask for water.

From The Awakening and Selected Short Stories by Chopin, Kate