slob n O Sup2 ~ sb1 1 d (1878-) for sense 1, 4 ~3 ice (1835-) for comb in sense 3.
1 [1832] 1981 Them Days vi (4), 37 The slob made so fast in the tickle that abt 10 o'clock a skift could scarce row through it. 1984 WRIGHT 33 We ran into 'slob' (loosely packed ice) shortly after leaving St John's and starting northward. 1987 POOLE 26 That fall it got frosty early in December and filled the ocean with slob, and the seals did not appear at all.
3 Comb ~ gull, ~ hauler, ~ ice.
[1987] QUINLAN 30 [caption] There is slob gulls in the water at Birchy Bay Narrows. 1986 FELTHAM 54 Light [seal] hunting punts were hauled through thin ice by means of 'slob-haulers.' 1990 Evening Telegram 6 Feb, p. 2 When they started back their boat encountered heavy slob ice but they managed to free themselves and make it safely to shore.
