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shove ((v.))

Hist.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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of ice, thrust forward uer pressure causing pressure ridges in the ice or causing it to break up in spring.

See: ice-shove(def. 2),shove ((n.))

Quotations

1836

The ice refouléd for the first time about 9 o'clock yesterday morning, and about one it shoved for the second time, when it remained stationary till dark.

1836

The ice opposite the town shoved yesterday, but it is now steady again.