DCHP-2

green ice DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

• salt-water ice in a melting state.

  See also: rotten  slush ice  (def. 2)  

  • 1916  It would be slow . . . on the treacherous reaches of green ice between the floe and the Spotted Horses.
  • 1930  Salt-water ice does not "candle" in melting but remains solid green ice, perforated by holes and broken by cracks.