I'll give you ice! And bear in mind these are only a few ice words selected from the Dictionary of Newfoundland English. Ice was a way of life here but now, with climate change and PETA, less so. The following are a few selected words:
Ice-bird – the common dovekie
Ice-blind – temporary loss of sight caused by the glare of ice
Ice-block – blockade of coast during winter
ice boat or ice skiff – flat boat used in sealing
Ice-cat – sled used to haul wood in winter
Ice-chock – heavy lumber used to strengthen the hull of a sealing vessel
Ice clumper – floating pan of ice
Ice-gall – patch of bare slippery ice
Ice gaze – hunter's blind constructed from ice
Ice-glim – glow or brightness seen over a distant ice field
Ice-master – Captain of a sealing vessel
Ice-plant – sea lungwort, a spreading plant with oval leaves, pink-blue flowers
Ice-quar – ice formed from water seeping from or over the ground in freezing temperatures.
Ice skiff – undecked boat 30-40 feet long used in seal hunts
Ice-work – the seal hunt
And my favourite kind of ice? The slab-ice that forms on the shore like piled up paving stones. These are called Bella Carters. A word that still enchants me. I wrote it about it here.
I am loving these alphabet posts.
ReplyDeleteAre Ice-glim's the equivalent of the mirages we see in the distance on a road during a heatwave?
So you have at least 15 words for ice! I love ice, it's very beautiful (except of course when the pipes start bursting). Very topical subject, with the centenary of the sinking of the Titanic just a few days away.
ReplyDeleteAh, they have not yet started calling diamonds as ice. Poor Newfoundland women!
ReplyDeletewe are far too familiar with ice here in minnesota.
ReplyDeleteIn Oklahoma the ice we fear most is an ice storm - something I'd never experienced in England.
ReplyDeleteHow about whiskey on ice?
ReplyDeleteWhen you live near the sea you've got to think of ice. I learned a few things today from this post.
ReplyDeleteI hope you're enjoying the Challenge!
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Mine is ice-cream :D
ReplyDeleteLove that visual...of seaside ice.
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GM:
ReplyDeleteYes I would say, it is an accumulation of light on the white ice.
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Nick:
ReplyDeleteI only selected a few of the words and the Titanic celebrations are huge here also, though not as big as Belfast.
Celebration sounds like the wrong word, though.
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True Ramana, I think they would look at me sideways if I mentioned ice as terminology for diamonds, coals to Newcastle kind of thing :)
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Laurie:
ReplyDeleteYes you get your fair share as well!
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T:
ReplyDeleteIce storms terrify me. I just hunker down with the fire and the dog.
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GFB:
ReplyDeleteHere's to yer elbow, fine sir!
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Karen:
ReplyDeleteYes I am enjoying this and I love ice on the sea though with climate change we're getting less and less of it.
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Damyanti:
ReplyDeleteBen & Jerry's?
And btw they actually sell the iceberg water and make iceberg vodka.
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Re the Titanic, nobody's talking about a celebration here, more a commemoration. People are being very careful to respect painful memories.
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