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shoving of the ice 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)  shove ((n.))  (def. 2)  

  • 1853  (1854)  The rise of water in winter and the shoving of the ice, prevent the erection of warehouses on the wharves. . . .
  • 1863  [Heading] _{SHOVING OF THE ICE}