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frazil

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fra⋅zil

[frey-zuhl, fraz-uhl, fruh-zeel, -zil]
–noun
ice crystals formed in turbulent water, as in swift streams or rough seas.

Origin:
1885–90, Americanism; < CanF frasil, frazil, fraisil, F fraisil coal cinders, OF faisil
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