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ver·glas

 (vĕr-glä′)
n.
A thin coating of ice, as on rock.

[French, from Old French verre-glaz : verre, glass (from Latin vitrum) + glas, glace, ice (from Vulgar Latin *glacia, from Latin glaciēs; see glacé).]
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verglas

(ˈvɛəɡlɑː)
n, pl -glases (-ɡlɑː; -ɡlɑːz)
(Physical Geography) a thin film of ice on rock
[from Old French verre-glaz glass-ice, from verre glass (from Latin vitrum) + glaz ice (from Late Latin glacia, from Latin glaciēs)]
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