spindriftn.

Brit.

/ˈspɪndrɪft/, U.S.

/ˈspɪnˌdrɪft/, Scottish English

/ˈspɪndrɪft/

Forms: Also 1600s spene-, 1700s speendrift.

Etymology: variant of spoondrift n., apparently due to local Scots pronunciations of spoon; the form speen- is north-eastern, spin- south-western.

Originally Scottish.

a. Continuous driving of spray; spoondrift. Also figurative (example attributive). Common in English writers from c1880, probably at first under the influence of W. Black's novels.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > foam or surf > [noun] > spray

spindrifta1614

spray1626

spoondrift1769

scud1850

a1614 J. Melville Autobiogr. & Diary (1842) 169 A how wa and spenedrift.

1755 R. Forbes Jrnl. London to Portsmouth in tr. Ovid Ajax his Speech (new ed.) 31 Twa-three swankies ridin at the hand-gallop, garrin the dubs flee about them like speen-drift.

1823 J. Galt Entail II. i. 9 Like the blast that brushes the waves of the ocean into spindrift.

1866 Macleod in Good Words Feb. 109 It..began to blow with furious gusts which angrily tore the small waves of the inland sea into spindrift.

1879 W. Black Macleod of Dare xxix Brief gleams of stormy sunlight lighting up the grey spindrift.

1883 G. C. Davies Norfolk Broads xxvii The spindrift hid them every minute, and it appeared impossible they could live in such a boil.

figurative.1946 D. Thomas Deaths & Entrances 36 Not for the proud man apart From the raging moon I write On these spindrift pages.

b. transferred. Driving snow, sand, etc. Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > dry weather or climate > [noun] > dust-storm or sand-storm > dust driven before the wind

drifta1400

spindrift1961

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > snow > [noun] > the falling of snow > snow driven by wind

ewdendrift1630

yird-drift1820

snowdrift1836

reek1894

spindrift1961

scud1969

1961 Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Spindrift,..sand, dust, or snow driven before the wind like sea spray.

1971 C. Bonington Annapurna South Face xii. 147 At Camp V, the spindrift avalanches swished down all night, filling the platform, burying the tent.

1971 C. Bonington Annapurna South Face xii. 147 Cataracts of spindrift kept pouring over the cliffs above.

1972 D. Haston In High Places vii. 90 A spindrift avalanche had come right down the chute, filling up the tent sack and covering everything... This wasn't the first time we'd been buried in spindrift.

Compounds

General attributive.

spindrift-laden adj.

ΚΠ

1971 D. Haston in C. Bonington Annapurna South Face xvii. 214 Once again it was cold with snapping spindrift-laden wind.

spindrift-streaming adj.

ΚΠ

1916 E. Blunden Harbingers 7 Or green and spindrift-streaming shelf of stone.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	spindrift
释义	spindriftn. Brit. /ˈspɪndrɪft/, U.S. /ˈspɪnˌdrɪft/, Scottish English /ˈspɪndrɪft/ Forms: Also 1600s spene-, 1700s speendrift. Etymology: variant of spoondrift n., apparently due to local Scots pronunciations of spoon; the form speen- is north-eastern, spin- south-western. Originally Scottish. a. Continuous driving of spray; spoondrift. Also figurative (example attributive). Common in English writers from c1880, probably at first under the influence of W. Black's novels. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > foam or surf > [noun] > spray spindrifta1614 spray1626 spoondrift1769 scud1850 a1614 J. Melville Autobiogr. & Diary (1842) 169 A how wa and spenedrift. 1755 R. Forbes Jrnl. London to Portsmouth in tr. Ovid Ajax his Speech (new ed.) 31 Twa-three swankies ridin at the hand-gallop, garrin the dubs flee about them like speen-drift. 1823 J. Galt Entail II. i. 9 Like the blast that brushes the waves of the ocean into spindrift. 1866 Macleod in Good Words Feb. 109 It..began to blow with furious gusts which angrily tore the small waves of the inland sea into spindrift. 1879 W. Black Macleod of Dare xxix Brief gleams of stormy sunlight lighting up the grey spindrift. 1883 G. C. Davies Norfolk Broads xxvii The spindrift hid them every minute, and it appeared impossible they could live in such a boil. figurative.1946 D. Thomas Deaths & Entrances 36 Not for the proud man apart From the raging moon I write On these spindrift pages. b. transferred. Driving snow, sand, etc. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > dry weather or climate > [noun] > dust-storm or sand-storm > dust driven before the wind drifta1400 spindrift1961 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > snow > [noun] > the falling of snow > snow driven by wind ewdendrift1630 yird-drift1820 snowdrift1836 reek1894 spindrift1961 scud1969 1961 Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Spindrift,..sand, dust, or snow driven before the wind like sea spray. 1971 C. Bonington Annapurna South Face xii. 147 At Camp V, the spindrift avalanches swished down all night, filling the platform, burying the tent. 1971 C. Bonington Annapurna South Face xii. 147 Cataracts of spindrift kept pouring over the cliffs above. 1972 D. Haston In High Places vii. 90 A spindrift avalanche had come right down the chute, filling up the tent sack and covering everything... This wasn't the first time we'd been buried in spindrift. Compounds General attributive. spindrift-laden adj. ΚΠ 1971 D. Haston in C. Bonington Annapurna South Face xvii. 214 Once again it was cold with snapping spindrift-laden wind. spindrift-streaming adj. ΚΠ 1916 E. Blunden Harbingers 7 Or green and spindrift-streaming shelf of stone. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1614
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