DCHP-3

lolly

[< Brit. dial. lolly < loblolly thick soup or porridge]
Orig. Nfld
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

See: frazil

Quotations

1771
There being much lolly in the river, it was with great difficulty that I could cross it in a punt.
1889
The distance to Cape Traverse is about nine miles, part solid ice, part drifting ice, part water, and sometimes a great deal of broken ice or 'lolly.'
1963
LOLLY, n. Soft ice beginning to form in a harbor.