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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">(<br/>''Also called'' slush.) A dense accumulation of [[frazil]] (or lolly ice); an early stage in the [[freezing]]  of a body of water.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">The sea surface becomes thick and soupy and sometimes greasy in appearance. Sludge depth  seldom exceeds one foot. <br/>''See'' [[grease ice]].</div><br/> </div>
<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">(''Also called'' slush.) A dense accumulation of [[frazil]] (or lolly ice); an early stage in the [[freezing]]  of a body of water.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">The sea surface becomes thick and soupy and sometimes greasy in appearance. Sludge depth  seldom exceeds one foot. <br/>''See'' [[grease ice]].</div><br/> </div>
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sludge

(Also called slush.) A dense accumulation of frazil (or lolly ice); an early stage in the freezing of a body of water.

The sea surface becomes thick and soupy and sometimes greasy in appearance. Sludge depth seldom exceeds one foot.
See grease ice.


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