unconsolidated or partly consolidated ice forming a slushy layer at the surface of the sea which impedes the progress of small boats.

A mass or heap of fragments; applied to (a) loose broken rock forming the highest stratum beneath the soil of certain districts: rubble; (cf. corn…

broken ice near the shore.

Broken ice mixed with water; trash-ice.

broken ice mixed with water (cf. 1c).

In full posh-ice. Ice broken into small fragments. Cf. brash-ice at brash, n.2 (b) and porridge ice n. at porridge, n. compounds 2.

Naturally occurring fragments of ice, esp. as floating in water. Cf. rubble ice n. at compounds 3.