Sunday, January 28, 2007

WORD A DAY

SPINDRIFT: 1: sea spray; especially: spray blown from waves during a gale 2: find wind-borne snow or sand

"Spindrift" first set sail in the mid-18th century under Scottish command. During its first voyage, it was known by the Sottish monkier speendrift. (Speen meant "to drive before a strong wind," so a speendrift was a drift of spray during such action.) In 1823, English-speakers recruited the word but signed it up as "spindrift."

1 comment:

K said...

An interesting word. I like anything to do with the sea, and this was a word I've never heard before. Cool


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