Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Floe"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Floe \Floe\ (fl[=o]), n. [Cf. Dan. flag af iis, iisflage, Sw.
flaga, flake, isflaga, isflake. See {Flag} a flat stone.]
A low, flat mass of floating ice.
{Floe rat} (Zo["o]l.), a seal ({Phoca f[oe]tida}).
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
floe
n : a flat mass of ice (smaller than an ice field) floating at
sea [syn: {ice floe}]
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