spoondrift

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English

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Etymology

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Probably a variant of Scots spindrift. The Oxford English Dictionary suggests it is derived from spoon +‎ drift (mass of matter driven or forced onward together in a body, etc., especially by wind or water), spoon being a variant of spoom (to sail briskly with the wind astern, with or without sails hoisted),[1] but this is doubted by the Scottish National Dictionary: see spindrift.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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spoondrift (countable and uncountable, plural spoondrifts) (archaic)

  1. (nautical, archaic) Alternative form of spindrift

Alternative forms

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References

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  1. ^ spoondrift, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2019.

Anagrams

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