verglasn.
/ˈvɛːɡlɑː/, U.S. /vɛrˈɡlɑ/ = silver thaw n. at silver n. and adj. Compounds 2a.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cold weather > [noun] > freezing or frosty weather > fall of frost
silver thaw1770
verglas1808
1808 H. Gray Lett. from Canada (1809) 301 During the thaw, a very extraordinary effect is produced, sometimes, on the trees. The Canadians call it a ver-glas.
1863 E. H. Walshe Cedar Creek 310 Perhaps you could tell me the cause of the ver glas? What makes that thin incrustation of ice over the trunk and every twig?
1886 G. Meredith Let. 26 Dec. (1970) II. 844 I dread the many possible things from verglas to bronchitis.
1925 N. E. Odell in E. F. Norton et al. Fight for Everest: 1924 iii. iii. 310 A considerable snowfall will in spring and summer have evaporated into thin air in a few hours without any visible melting. Consequently, and fortunately, ‘verglas’ does not exist.
1950 tr. Mountaineering Handbk. (Assoc. Brit. Members Swiss Alpine Club) vi. 69 Verglas, which is the result of a frozen trickle of water or rainwater, and which covers the rocks like a sheet of glass, is no less dangerous.
1972 D. Haston In High Places i. 12 Verglas can also be very difficult. This is a thin veneer that forms on rock, caused by the thawing and re-freezing of running water or drips.
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