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bottom ice

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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See 1958 quote.

See: anchor ice,batture(def. 4),frazil

Quotations

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.