frazil
Variant of frazil (ice)
frazil (ice)
definition
☆ fra·zil (ice) (frāz′il, frə zil′)
noun
tiny, round or pointed ice crystals formed in supercooled waters and prevented from coagulating by turbulence
Etymology: CdnFr frasil < Fr fraisil, charcoal cinders, altered (prob. after fraiser, to ruffle) < OFr faisil < VL *facīlis < L fax (gen. facis), a torch < IE base *ĝhwok-, to gleam, glow
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