slush
noun
partly melted snow.
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
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I was slushing the mizzen-mast, and heard 'em a disputin' about the salt.
From Deephaven and Selected Stories & Sketches by Sarah Orne Jewett