spawn v
Phr spawn abroad: of an ice-field, to break up, separate into loose pans, cp ABROAD.
T 187/8-65 An' [the vessel] bid there then till the ice all spawned abroad, an' went down an' she settled down herself.
be spawn(ed) out: to be thin and weak after spawning.
P 148-73 When the caplin are all spawned out.
