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shoving of the ice

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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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the annual thrusting forward and expansion of river ice during break-up, with special reference to the St. Lawrence River, where the phenomenon was accompanied with much flooding and considerable danger.

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

Quotations

1853

The rise of water in winter and the shoving of the ice, prevent the erection of warehouses on the wharves. . . .

1863

[Heading] _{SHOVING OF THE ICE}