bottom ice DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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See 1958 quote.
See also: anchor ice batture (def. 4) frazil
- 1922  Just then the bottom ice I was standing on gave way and down I went. . . .

- 1958  Bottom ice--Ice that has formed on the bottom of shallow rivers and bays [and risen to the surface in great sheets with the coming of warm water], usually identified by the great amount of dirt and grit frozen to it.
