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shove ((n.))

• 1 n. See quote.

• 2a n. Hist. the annual thrusting forward and expansion of river ice during break-up, with special reference to the St. Lawrence River, where the phenomenon was accompanied with much flooding and considerable danger.

  See also: ice-shove (def. 2)  shoving of the ice   

• 2b n. a thrusting forward of river ice under pressure, an action causing ridges on the ice surface and the building up of masses of ice on the shores.

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