slur ice

[cf. Brit.dial. slur thin, washy mud]

Maritimes

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a thin mixture of mushy ice and water, found especially near shore.

Quotations

1965

Soon the waves, thickened by snow and slur ice, become too heavy to crest and break, although the sea grumbles along the shore.