verglas Cdn French DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
See also: silver thaw
- 1808  (1809)  During the thaw, a very extraordinary effect is produced, sometimes, on the trees. The Canadians call it ver-glas.
- 1808  (1809)  I see every day the effects of the last ver-glas.
- 1863  . . . perhaps you could tell me the cause of the ver glas? What makes that thin incrustation of ice over the trunk and every twig ... ?