Amid a mass of spoondrift the schooner drove helplessly before it. From Wordnik.com. [Salt Water The Sea Life and Adventures of Neil D'Arcy the Midshipman] Reference
She was all of a shiver forward, the spoondrift thick on her flanks. From Wordnik.com. [From a Cornish Window A New Edition] Reference
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 Wordnik.com. [The Chequers Being the Natural History of a Public-House, Set Forth in a Loafer's Diary] Reference
Looking out of the tent, we could scarcely bear the chilling blast, which drove the particles of snow like pins and needles into our faces much as spoondrift is driven from off the waves of the ocean. From Wordnik.com. [Snow Shoes and Canoes The Early Days of a Fur-Trader in the Hudson Bay Territory] Reference
There was no rain -- just a wind which tore across the waste of waters within view of her station, scattering their crests in foam and spoondrift, and rolling them in huger and still huger breakers on the strand. From Wordnik.com. [Sheila of Big Wreck Cove A Story of Cape Cod] Reference
The sun shone bright in the clear sky above and the wind howled as it lashed the combing sea, driving the spoondrift like mist through the air and covering the vast ocean in a sea of foam -- a scene grand and magnificent to behold!. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of a naval life : including the cruises of the Confederate States steamers, "Sumter" and "Alabama",] Reference
Scarcely had he spoken, than a terrific roar was heard, and down came the gale upon us with unbridled fury, driving before it vast masses of spoondrift, and tearing up the water into huge waves, which every instant rose higher and higher. From Wordnik.com. [Salt Water The Sea Life and Adventures of Neil D'Arcy the Midshipman] Reference
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