Quick links
slob (ice)
Orig. Nfld
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
This entry may contain outdated or offensive information, terms, and examples.
n.
a mass of densely packed pieces of heavy, sludgy ice, especially sea ice.
Quotations
After attending and assisting at a marriage which he was solemnizing, I crossed through the "slob ice," which was very thick in Conception Bay, to Port de Grave, four leagues, in three hours.
1878
The bay here was caught over last week, and a string of "slob" made its appearance across the mouth, but the heavy sea of Thursday broke it all up.
1930
The first ice is called "slob," which is of a slushy nature and gathers along the coast in bays and shallow water. The "slob" checks wave action and permits young ice to form out from the shore.
1957
Two or three times, when crossing lakes, we got bogged down in surface "slob" and most of the passengers had to walk through slush. . . .
1964
Heavy slob ice is beginning to put the squeeze on the east and northeast coasts of Newfoundland. . . .