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ice-blink † 
n. See 1954 quote.
- 1773 (1774) [[We saw a] bright appearance near the horizon, which the pilots called the blink of the ice.]
- 1850 (1852) We were pained to see, from the strong ice-blink to the S.W., that a body of packed ice had been driven up the straits by the late gales.
- 1954 Ice blink is the whitish glare of the clouds on or near the horizon produced by the reflection of large areas of sea ice in the vicinity.
- 1773 (1774) [[We saw a] bright appearance near the horizon, which the pilots called the blink of the ice.]