DCHP-1 Online
pancake ice † 
See 1958 quote.
See also: pancake (def. 1)
- 1850 It was very cold, and the snow scarcely melting when it fell in the water; "pancake ice" began to form, and it looked very like as if we were going to be frozen up.
- 1958 Pancake Ice: Pieces of newly formed ice usually between one and six feet in diameter. The raised rims and the circular appearance are a result of the almost constant rotation and collision of the cakes against one another, as the result of wind and swell.
- 1850 It was very cold, and the snow scarcely melting when it fell in the water; "pancake ice" began to form, and it looked very like as if we were going to be frozen up.