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floe

  [floh]
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–noun
1. Also called ice floe. a sheet of floating ice, chiefly on the surface of the sea, smaller than an ice field.
2. a detached floating portion of such a sheet.
Origin:
1810–20; perh. < Norw flo layer (cf. ON flō layer, level); c. OE flōh piece, flagstone; cf. flaw 1
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floe   (flō)   
n.  

  1. An ice floe.

  2. A segment that has separated from such an ice mass.


[Probably from Norwegian flo, layer, from Old Norse flō; see plāk-1 in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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floe 
1817, first used by Arctic explorers, probably from Norw. flo "layer, slab," from O.N. flo, related to first element in flagstone (q.v.). Earlier explorers used flake.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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