Spoondrift: alternatives and connections

Washed by the waves or tide; -- said of a rock or strip of shore, or (Naut.) of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the wa…

To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls; as, the horse balls; the snow balls.

To cover with snow; to whiten with snow, or as with snow.

A gale of piercingly cold wind, usually accompanied with fine and blinding snow; a furious blast.

A blowing, esp., a violent blowing of the wind; a gale; as, a heavy blow came on, and the ship put back to port.

A wind instrument, blown by a single reed, of richer and fuller tone than the oboe, which has a double reed. It is the leading instrum…

A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., esp. by wind or water;…

A driving wind; a wind that drives snow, sand, etc., into heaps.

A collection of cattle driven, or cattle collected for driving; a number of animals, as oxen, sheep, or swine, driven in a body.

During; as, durante vita, during life; durante bene placito, during pleasure.

Pertaining to, or resembling, feathers; covered with, or as with, feathers; as, feathery spray or snow.

A musical wind instrument, consisting of a hollow cylinder or pipe, with holes along its length, stopped by the fingers or by keys whi…

A plant of the genus Myrica, growing in wet places, and strongly resembling the bayberry. The sweet gale (Myrica Gale) is found both i…

A sudden squall; a violent blast of wind; a sudden and brief rushing or driving of the wind. Snow, and hail, stormy gust and flaw.

Driven to the end, as a nail; driven close.

The mutual influence, under certain conditions, of two streams of light, or series of pulsations of sound, or, generally, two waves or…

A gentle gale of wind.

Snowy; resembling snow; partaking of the qualities of snow.