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slush ice 
1 See 1897 quote.
See also: slob (ice)
- 1897 There was an ice-bridge across the river, and below it what we call slush ice--soft sticky stuff--a great deal harder to work a boat through than good hard ice would be.
- 1922 Grayling are caught in the fall when slush ice is running in the river.
- 1954 One crack, and further along at the mouth of a river . . . slush ice, might have delayed us for days if the new railway grade . . . hadn't enabled us to crawl along the shore for the necessary detour.
- 1962 . . . our boats were nearly smashed while going down a sharp bend in the river. Slush ice packed in around us so tight that the sides were bent in, the boards cracked and started to leak.
2 salt-water ice in a melting state.
See also: green ice
- 1964 Keep in mind though, that slush ice is only half as strong as clear, blue ice. . . .
- 1897 There was an ice-bridge across the river, and below it what we call slush ice--soft sticky stuff--a great deal harder to work a boat through than good hard ice would be.