spoondrift

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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

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

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 Cooper, James A.

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

The oil slick helped only a little; every few moments a wave with spoondrift flying from it would smash across the deck, volleying tons of water between rails, with a sound like thunder.

From Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 by Day, Holman