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icing [′ī·siŋ]
(hydrology)
Any deposit or coating of ice on an object, caused by the impingement and freezing of liquid (usually supercooled) hydrometeors.
A mass or sheet of ice formed on the ground surface during the winter by successive freezing of sheets of water that may seep from the ground, from a river, or from a spring. Also known as flood icing; flooding ice.


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