spindrift

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

spindrift
    n 1: spray blown up from the surface of the sea [syn:
         {spindrift}, {spoondrift}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Spoondrift \Spoon"drift\ (-dr[i^]ft), n. [Spoom + drift.]
   Spray blown from the tops of waves during a gale at sea;
   also, snow driven in the wind at sea; -- written also
   {spindrift}.
   [1913 Webster]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Spindrift \Spin"drift\, n.
   Same as {Spoondrift}.

         The ocean waves are broken up by wind, ultimately
         producing the storm wrack and spindrift of the
         tempest-tossed sea.                      --J. E. Marr.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

31 Moby Thesaurus words for "spindrift":
      breakers, collar, foam, froth, head, lather, meringue, mousse,
      offscum, plash, puff, scud, scum, sea foam, shower, slosh,
      soapsuds, souffle, sparge, spatter, splash, splatter, spoondrift,
      spray, sprinkle, spume, stinging, suds, surf, swash, white water

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