DCHP-1 Online
frazil [< Cdn F frasil or frazil < F frasil cinders] 
n. ice crystals in the form of flakes occurring in rapidly moving, turbulent water, often caused by the rising of anchor or bottom ice.
See also: bottom ice candle ((n.)) lolly sish (ice) frazil ice
- 1870 It is when the frasi [sic] or floating snow, interspersed with small ice, is thick on the river that the greatest trouble is met with in crossing. . . .
- 1886 When the weather becomes milder, or the sky overcast, the frazil rises to the surface or floats off like a mixture of snow and water
- 1962 Their crews talk glibly . . . during the winter of such phenomena of their trades as ropak, polynya, stamukha, bergy bit, and frazil.
- 1870 It is when the frasi [sic] or floating snow, interspersed with small ice, is thick on the river that the greatest trouble is met with in crossing. . . .