spoondrift
Example Sentences
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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 James Runciman
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 Archibald Webb
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 Robert Ames Bennett
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 C. J. de Lacey
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 James A. Cooper
