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English Dictionary: spindrift by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spindrift
n
  1. spray blown up from the surface of the sea [syn: spindrift, spoondrift]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Spindrift \Spin"drift\, n.
      Same as {Spoondrift}.
  
               The ocean waves are broken up by wind, ultimately
               producing the storm wrack and spindrift of the
               tempest-tossed sea.                                 --J. E. Marr.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Spoondrift \Spoon"drift\, n. [Spoom + drift.]
      Spray blown from the tops waves during a gale at sea; also,
      snow driven in the wind at sea; -- written also {spindrift}.
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