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shove ((v.)) Hist.

• v. of ice, thrust forward uer pressure causing pressure ridges in the ice or causing it to break up in spring.

  See also: ice-shove (def. 2)  shove ((n.))   

  • 1836  The ice opposite the town shoved yesterday, but it is now steady again.
  • 1836  The ice refouléd for the first time about 9 o'clock yesterday morning, and about one it shoved for the second time, when it remained stationary till dark.