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spindrift definition

spin·drift (spin′drift′)

noun

spray blown from a rough sea or surf

Etymology: earlier spenedrift, Scot var. of spoondrift < spoon, to scud (< ?) + drift

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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