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<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A suffix, denoting that the element indicated enters into certain compounds with its <i>highest valence</i>, or with a valence relatively higher than in compounds where the name of the element ends in -<i>ous</i>; <as>as, ferr<ex>ic</ex>, sulphur<ex>ic</ex></as>. It is also used in the general sense of <i>pertaining to</i>; <as>as, hydr<ex>ic</ex>, sod<ex>ic</ex>, calc<ex>ic</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Icarian</h1> <Xpage=723>

<hw>I*ca"ri*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Icarius</ets>, Gr. <?/, fr. <?/, the mythic son of D\'91dalus, who, when flying from Crete on wings cemented with wax, mounted so high that the sun melted the wax, and he fell into the sea.]</ety> <def>Soaring too high for safety, like Icarus; adventurous in flight.</def>

<h1>Ice</h1> <Xpage=723>

<hw>Ice</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>is</ets>, <ets>iis</ets>, AS. <ets>\'c6s</ets>; aksin to D. <ets>ijs</ets>, G. <ets>eis</ets>, OHG. <ets>\'c6s</ets>, Icel. <ets>\'c6ss</ets>, Sw. <ets>is</ets>, Dan. <ets>iis</ets>, and perh. to E. <ets>iron</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Water or other fluid frozen or reduced to the solid state by cold; frozen water. It is a white or transparent colorless substance, crystalline, brittle, and viscoidal. Its specific gravity (0.92, that of water at 4\'f8 C. being 1.0) being less than that of water, ice floats.</def>

<note>&hand; Water freezes at 32\'f8 F. or 0\'f8 Cent., and ice melts at the same temperature. Ice owes its cooling properties to the large amount of heat required to melt it.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Concreted sugar.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Water, cream, custard, etc., sweetened, flavored, and artificially frozen.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Any substance having the appearance of ice; <as>as, camphor <ex>ice</ex></as>.</def>

<cs><col>Anchor ice</col>, <cd>ice which sometimes forms about stones and other objects at the bottom of running or other water, and is thus attached or <i>anchored<i> to the ground.</cd> -- <col>Bay ice</col>, <cd>ice formed in bays, fiords, etc., often in extensive fields which drift out to sea.</cd> -- <col>Ground ice</col>, <cd>anchor ice.</cd> -- <col>Ice age</col> <fld>(Geol.)</fld>, <cd>the glacial epoch or period. See under <er>Glacial</er>.</cd> -- <col>Ice anchor</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a grapnel for mooring a vessel to a field of ice. <i>Kane</i>.</cd> -- <col>Ice blink</col> <ety>[Dan. <ets>iisblink<ets>]</ety>, <cd>a streak of whiteness of the horizon, caused by the reflection of light from ice not yet in sight.</cd> -- <col>Ice boat</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A boat fitted with skates or runners, and propelled on ice by sails; an ice yacht.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A strong steamboat for breaking a channel through ice.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Ice box</col> &or; <col>chest</col></mcol>, <cd>a box for holding ice; a box in which things are kept cool by means of ice; a refrigerator.</cd> -- <col>Ice brook</col>, <cd>a brook or stream as cold as ice. <mark>[Poetic]</mark> <i>Shak</i>.</cd> -- <col>Ice cream</col> <ety>[for <ets>iced cream<ets>]</ety>, <cd>cream, milk, or custard, sweetened, flavored, and frozen.</cd> -- <col>Ice field</col>, <cd>an extensive sheet of ice.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Ice float</col>, <col>Ice floe</col></mcol>, <cd>a sheet of floating ice similar to an ice field, but smaller.</cd> -- <col>Ice foot</col>, <cd>shore ice in Arctic regions; an ice belt. <i>Kane</i>.</cd> -- <col>Ice house</col>, <cd>a close-covered pit or building for storing ice.</cd> -- <col>Ice machine</col> <fld>(Physics)</fld>, <cd>a machine for making ice artificially, as by the production of a low temperature through the sudden expansion of a gas or vapor, or the rapid evaporation of a volatile liquid.</cd> -- <col>Ice master</col>. <cd>See <cref>Ice pilot</cref> (below).</cd> -- <col>Ice pack</col>, <cd>an irregular mass of broken and drifting ice.</cd> -- <col>Ice paper</col>, <cd>a transparent film of gelatin for copying or reproducing; <i>papier glac\'82<i>.</cd> -- <col>Ice petrel</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a shearwater (<spn>Puffinus gelidus</spn>) of the Antarctic seas, abundant among floating ice.</cd> -- <col>Ice pick</col>, <cd>a sharp instrument for breaking ice into small pieces.</cd> -- <col>Ice pilot</col>, <cd>a pilot who has charge of a vessel where the course is obstructed by ice, as in polar seas; -- called also <altname>ice master</altname>.</cd> -- <col>Ice pitcher</col>, <cd>a pitcher adapted for ice water.</cd> -- <col>Ice plow</col>, <cd>a large tool for grooving and cutting ice.</cd> <-- <col>ice sculpture</col> = a sculpture carved from a block of ice, often used for decorating restaurants. <col>ice show</col> an entertainment consisting of ice skaters performing figure-skating on a sheet of ice, usually in an arena, often accompanied by music. --> -- <col>Ice sludge</col>, <cd>bay ice broken small by the wind or waves; sludge.</cd> -- <col>Ice spar</col> <fld>(Min.)</fld>, <cd>a variety of feldspar, the crystals of which are very clear like ice; rhyacolite.</cd> -- <col>Ice tongs</col>, <cd>large iron nippers for handling ice.</cd> -- <col>Ice water</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>Water cooled by ice.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>Water formed by the melting of ice.</cd> -- <col>Ice yacht</col>. <cd>See <cref>Ice boat</cref> (above).</cd> -- <col>To break the ice</col>. <cd>See under <er>Break</er>.</cd> -- <col>Water ice</col>, <cd>a confection consisting of water sweetened, flavored, and frozen.<-- also called Italian ice --></cd></cs>

<h1>Ice</h1> <Xpage=723>

<hw>Ice</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Iced</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Icing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To cover with ice; to convert into ice, or into something resembling ice.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To cover with icing, or frosting made of sugar and milk or white of egg; to frost, as cakes, tarts, etc.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To chill or cool, as with ice; to freeze.</def>

<h1>Iceberg</h1> <Xpage=723>

<hw>Ice"berg`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prob. of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. <ets>iisbierg</ets>, Sw. <ets>isberg</ets>, properly, a mountain of ice. See <er>Ice</er>, and <er>Berg</er>.]</ety> <def>A large mass of ice, generally floating in the ocean.</def>

<note>&hand; Icebergs are large detached portions of glaciers, which in cold regions often project into the sea.</note>

<h1>Icebird</h1> <Xpage=723>

<hw>Ice"bird`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An Arctic sea bird, as the Arctic fulmar.</def>

<h1>Icebound</h1> <Xpage=723>

<hw>Ice"bound`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Totally surrounded with ice, so as to be incapable of advancing; <as>as, an <ex>icebound</ex> vessel</as>; also, surrounded by or fringed with ice so as to hinder easy access; <as>as, an <ex>icebound</ex> coast</as>.</def>

<h1>Ice-built</h1> <Xpage=723>

<hw>Ice"-built`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Composed of ice.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Loaded with ice.</def> "<i>Ice-built</i> mountains."

<i>Gray.</i>

<h1>Iced</h1> <Xpage=723>

<hw>Iced</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Covered with ice; chilled with ice; <as>as, <ex>iced</ex> water</as>.</def>