melting of ice. — Ice yacht. See Ice boat — To break the ice. See under Break. — Water ice,
a confection consisting of water sweetened, flavored, and frozen.
Ice
(Ice) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Iced (ist); p. pr. & vb. n. Icing ]
1. To cover with ice; to convert into ice, or into something resembling ice.
2. To cover with icing, or frosting made of sugar and milk or white of egg; to frost, as cakes, tarts, etc.
3. To chill or cool, as with ice; to freeze.
Iceberg
(Ice"berg`) n. [Prob. of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. iisbierg, Sw. isberg, properly, a mountain of
ice. See Ice, and Berg.] A large mass of ice, generally floating in the ocean.
Icebergs are large detached portions of glaciers, which in cold regions often project into the sea.
Icebird
(Ice"bird`) n. (Zoöl.) An Arctic sea bird, as the Arctic fulmar.
Icebound
(Ice"bound`) a. Totally surrounded with ice, so as to be incapable of advancing; as, an icebound
vessel; also, surrounded by or fringed with ice so as to hinder easy access; as, an icebound coast.
Ice-built
(Ice"-built`) a.
1. Composed of ice.
2. Loaded with ice. "Ice-built mountains." Gray.
Iced
(Iced) a.
1. Covered with ice; chilled with ice; as, iced water.
2. Covered with something resembling ice, as sugar icing; frosted; as, iced cake.
Iced cream. Same as Ice cream, under Ice.
Icefall
(Ice"fall`) n. A frozen waterfall, or mass of ice resembling a frozen waterfall. Coleridge.
Icelander
(Ice"land*er) n. A native, or one of the Scandinavian people, of Iceland.
Icelandic
(Ice*lan"dic) a. Of or pertaining to Iceland; relating to, or resembling, the Icelanders.
Icelandic
(Ice*lan"dic) n. The language of the Icelanders. It is one of the Scandinavian group, and is
more nearly allied to the Old Norse than any other language now spoken.
Iceland moss
(Ice"land moss`) (Bot.) A kind of lichen (Cetraria Icelandica) found from the Arctic regions
to the North Temperate zone. It furnishes a nutritious jelly and other forms of food, and is used in pulmonary
complaints as a demulcent.
Iceland spar
(Ice"land spar`) (Min.) A transparent variety of calcite, the best of which is obtained in
Iceland. It is used for the prisms of the polariscope, because of its strong double refraction. Cf. Calcite.
Iceman
(Ice"man) n.; pl. Icemen
1. A man who is skilled in traveling upon ice, as among glaciers.
2. One who deals in ice; one who retails or delivers ice.
