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A small iceberg or ice floe just large enough to be hazardous for shipping
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growler
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A growler is an electrical device used for testing insulation of a motor for shorted coils. A growler consists of a coil of wire wrapped around an iron core and connected to a source of AC current . When placed on the armature or stator core of a motor ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Growler \Growl"er\, n. One who growls. (Zo["o]l.) The large-mouthed black bass. [Local] A four-wheeled cab. [Slang, Eng.]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
pitcher or other vessel for beer, 1885, American English, of uncertain origin; apparently an agent noun from growl (v.). It owes its popularity to laws prohibiting sale of liquor on Sundays and thus the tippler's need to stock up. Also in early use in the ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a speaker whose voice sounds like a growl a small iceberg or ice floe just large enough to be hazardous for shipping
Usage examples of growler.
Rosalinda rummaged amid the spilled trade goods for something to eat as she told him how she and her two sisters, the daughters of a Butterfield wrangler and his Indian mujer, had all three married up with the Anglo trader here at Growler Wash, a nice old Mormon gent called Pop Wolfram.
I joined in as the growler halted: 'And the Library of St John the Beheaded.
Every time a big wave smacks her hull in the Roaring Forties I'll be wondering if it's a growler or a bergy bit.
Some of them were other things, shamblers, gigglers, mutterers, throat growlers.