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Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1†n.
See 1851 quote.
Quotations
1851
A patch is a collection of drift or bay-ice, of a circular or polygonal form. In point of magnitude, a pack corresponds with a field, and a patch with a floe.
1852
There was a patch of ice between us and the island, which probably may have assisted to increase the refraction in that direction, although it was exceedingly powerful in every other direction.
2n. — Esp.Nfld
a herd of seals.
Quotations
1878
Other reports state that a portion of the fleet . . . tried their fortunes in search of a more northerly patch than the Falcon and Arctic fell in with.
1916
Next day Cap'n Saul found the herds--a patch of harps and new-whelped young.
1933
CUT. the course selected by each Captain, as the best or shortest ice passage to the Patch.
1958
Captain Jackman had struck his patch, killed his load, and left another half a load on the ice. . . .