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ice ((n.))
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1an. — Sealing, Nfld
the ice, the seal-hunting grounds on the edge of the icefields in the North Atlantic.
Quotations
1819
In the same spring, an unusual number of schooners and boats belonging to that bay were totally lost at the ice. . . .
1916
"He's young for the ice," Bill observed.
1961
Hedley Payne . . . who had wangled his very first berth to the ice, walked for two days to Gambo railway station to catch the sealers' car into the capital in time to sign on
1bn.
leave home to engage in the seal hunt.
Quotations
1964
Seal hunting is known to Newfoundlanders as "going to the ice," and they have taken to the floes every March for two centuries
2n. — Hockey
the sheet of ice on which the game is played.
Quotations
1955
The Shawinigan Cataracts . . . are still undefeated by Chicoutimi on Shawinigan ice. . . .
1966
The little centre was flying ever minute he was on the ice. . . .
3n. — Curling
the sheet of ice over which the stones are curled.
Quotations
1911
The ice was capital--for the floor was a wooden one and twenty-four hours' frost had been quite enough. . . .
1956
In the nine o'clock draw on ice number one Hemmingson vs Cochrane. . . .