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Black ice

noun

A thin coating of ice (as from freezing mist) on a road or sidewalk; nearly invisible but very hazardous.

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"Black ice" Quotes from Famous Books

... Poschiavo; and when, as usual, we started on our journey next day at sunrise, it was in a carriage upon wheels. Yet even here we were in full midwinter. Beyond Le Prese the lake presented one sheet of smooth black ice, reflecting every peak and chasm of the mountains, and showing the rocks and water-weeds in the clear green depths below. The glittering floor stretched away for acres of untenanted expanse, with not a skater to explore those dark mysterious coves, or strike across ...

— Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete - Series I, II, and III • John Symonds

... as it bounded down the slope of the hill. It was evidently making for the lake, believing, no doubt, that the black ice upon its surface was water, and that in that element it would have the advantage of its pursuers, for the caribou is a splendid swimmer. Nearly all deer when hunted take to the water—to throw off the dogs, or escape from men—and to this ...

— Popular Adventure Tales • Mayne Reid

Words linked to "Black ice" : ice, water ice