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Esp. Nfld
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
See 1958 quote.
Quotations
1920
There is no chart for icebergs, and "growlers" are formidable opponents to encounter at any time.
1958
Growler--A small fragment of ice awash, smaller than a bergy bit, usually of glacial origin, and generally greenish in color. A typical growler is about the size of a grand piano.
1965
The only thing that one could do to protect the thin-hulled ships of the escort group was to place them astern of the heavier merchant ships, and this I proceeded to do once we began to encounter the first growlers inside the Straits [of Belle Isle].