frazil

frazil
/fray"zeuhl, fraz"euhl, freuh zeel", -zil"/, n.
ice crystals formed in turbulent water, as in swift streams or rough seas.
[1885-90, Amer.; < CanF frasil, frazil, fraisil, F fraisil coal cinders, OF faisil]

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