DCHP-2
slob (ice) Orig. Nfld DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a mass of densely packed pieces of heavy, sludgy ice, especially sea ice.
See also: dirty ice salt slob slur ice slush ice
- After attending and assisting at a marriage which he was solemnizing, I crossed through the "slob ice," which was very thick in Conception Bay, to Port de Grave, four leagues, in three hours.
- 1878 The bay here was caught over last week, and a string of "slob" made its appearance across the mouth, but the heavy sea of Thursday broke it all up.
- 1930 The first ice is called "slob," which is of a slushy nature and gathers along the coast in bays and shallow water. The "slob" checks wave action and permits young ice to form out from the shore.
- 1957 Two or three times, when crossing lakes, we got bogged down in surface "slob" and most of the passengers had to walk through slush. . . .
- 1964 Heavy slob ice is beginning to put the squeeze on the east and northeast coasts of Newfoundland. . . .
- After attending and assisting at a marriage which he was solemnizing, I crossed through the "slob ice," which was very thick in Conception Bay, to Port de Grave, four leagues, in three hours.