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Thread #102979   Message #2093840
Posted By: GUEST,HughM
04-Jul-07 - 08:07 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: English names for Ice & snow?
Subject: RE: Folklore: English names for Ice & snow?
Dry ice is solid carbon dioxide, so not ice at all.
   Ice which is in a thin layer coating everything is known to mountaineers, including English ones, as verglas. (German: verglasen, to glaze.)