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rotten 
adj. See 1958 quote.
- 1665 (1885) We cutt the ice w ' h hattchetts & we found places where [it] was rotten, so we hazarded ourselves often to sinke downe to our necks.
- 1795 (1911) At Jacques Cartier the ice was so rotten I was obliged to go a league higher to cross the river with safety. . . .
- 1849 Thence we proceeded to Montreal, which we reached after four days and three nights of most unpleasant travel, and even dangerous, on account of exposure to the rotten ice. . . .
- 1916 [The ice] had yielded somewhat--it must have gone rotten--in the weather of the day.
- 1958 Rotten Ice. Old ice which has become honeycombed in the course of melting and which is in an advanced stage of disintegration.
- 1665 (1885) We cutt the ice w ' h hattchetts & we found places where [it] was rotten, so we hazarded ourselves often to sinke downe to our necks.