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<p><b>2.</b> <def>Covered with something resembling ice, as sugar icing; frosted; <as>as, <ex>iced</ex> cake</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Iced cream</col>. <cd>Same as <i>Ice cream<i>, under <er>Ice</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Icefall</h1> <Xpage=723>

<hw>Ice"fall`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A frozen waterfall, or mass of ice resembling a frozen waterfall.</def>

<i>Coleridge.</i>

<h1>Icelander</h1> <Xpage=723>

<hw>Ice"land*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A native, or one of the Scandinavian people, of Iceland.</def>

<h1>Icelandic</h1> <Xpage=723>

<hw>Ice*lan"dic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to Iceland; relating to, or resembling, the Icelanders.</def>

<h1>Icelandic</h1> <Xpage=723>

<hw>Ice*lan"dic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Iceland moss</h1> <Xpage=723>

<hw>Ice"land moss`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A kind of lichen (<spn>Cetraria Icelandica</spn>) 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.</def>

<h1>Iceland spar</h1> <Xpage=723>

<hw>Ice"land spar`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>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. <er>Calcite</er>.</def>

<h1>Iceman</h1> <Xpage=723>

<hw>Ice"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Icemen</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A man who is skilled in traveling upon ice, as among glaciers.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who deals in ice; one who retails or delivers ice.</def>

<-- The Iceman Cometh (Title of a book) -->

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

<hw>Ice" plant`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant (<spn>Mesembryanthemum crystallinum</spn>), sprinkled with pellucid, watery vesicles, which glisten like ice. It is native along the Mediterranean, in the Canaries, and in South Africa. Its juice is said to be demulcent and diuretic; its ashes are used in Spain in making glass.</def>

<-- Ice skate = a shoe with a metal runner (called a blade) attached to permit the wearer to glide on ice --> Ice-skater = one who skates on ice wearing an ice skate; esp. an athlete who performs athletic or artistic movements on a sheet of ice, wearing ice skates; including speed skater and figure skater -->

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<h1>Icequake</h1> <Xpage=724>

<hw>Ice"quake`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The crash or concussion attending the breaking up of masses of ice, -- often due to contraction from extreme cold.</def>

<h1>Ich</h1> <Xpage=724>

<hw>Ich</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>pron.</tt> <def>I.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>