spoondrift

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It was impossible to face the scud and spoondrift from the furious sea; but to leeward he caught a glimpse of a marsh flooded with salt water, its reedy vegetation beaten flat by the storm.

From Into the Primitive by Bennett, Robert Ames

The spoondrift began to fly so that you could not see the moon, and the wind was enough to choke you if you faced it.

From The Chequers Being the Natural History of a Public-House, Set Forth in a Loafer's Diary by Runciman, James

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

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

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