It was impossible to face the scud and spoondrift from the furious sea; but to leeward he caught a glimpse of a marsh flooded with salt water, its reedy vegetation beaten flat by the storm.
"Into the Primitive"
Robert Ames Bennet
The pinching cold was like a vise: spoondrift flew freezing,-fold on fold It coated them with ice.
"The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886"
Ministry of Education
The spoondrift, too, came straight along our deck, over the taffrail, as if it would cut our legs off; for, though we flew at a pretty good rate, it flew faster.
"The Three Lieutenants"
W.H.G. Kingston