ground-ice
[Cf. Du. grondijs, G. grundeis.]
1. Ice formed at the bottom of the water; also called anchor-ice and ground-grue.
| 1694 Acc. Sev. Late Voy. ii. (1711) 40 It looketh likest unto the Ground Ice of the Rivers in our country, or like unto Loaf-sugar. 1839 Douglas in Proc. Berw. Nat. Club I. No. 7. 187 The frost, fixing on the shallow bottom, forms a ground-ice. 1856 Kane Arct. Expl. I. viii. 85 The ground-ice is forced in upon our stern. 1878 Huxley Physiogr. 153 This ground-ice is generally found in little masses clinging to stones and weeds. |
2. (See quot.)
| 1838 Penny Cycl. XI. 459/1 The term ground-ice..has been sometimes given to the ice occasionally met with at certain depths in the ground in northern countries. |