Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Ice which is heavy enough to prevent the passage of ordinarily built vessels.
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Examples
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An 'you dassen't use your propeller in this here slob-ice, eh?
Harbor Tales Down North With an Appreciation by Wilfred T. Grenfell, M.D. Norman Duncan 1893
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"'Twould be easy enough for the steam-swiler _Royal Bloodhound_ t 'jerk that yelpin' tramp, had she lost her propeller -- as well she might, poor helpless lady o 'fashion! in that slob-ice -- 'twould be easy enough t' rip her through a league o 'the floe t' open water, with a charge or two o 'good black powder t' help.
Harbor Tales Down North With an Appreciation by Wilfred T. Grenfell, M.D. Norman Duncan 1893
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