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ICE n. 7 definitions

specific gravity (0.92, that of water at 4° C. being 1.0) being less than that of water, ice floats.

embryanthemum crystallinum), 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. Ice-skater = one who skates on ice wearing an ice skate;…

ICE-BUILT a. 2 definitions

Composed of ice.

A large mass of ice, generally floating in the ocean.

An Arctic sea bird, as the Arctic fulmar.

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.

ICED a. 2 definitions

Covered with ice; chilled with ice; as, iced water.

A frozen waterfall, or mass of ice resembling a frozen waterfall. Coleridge.

ICELAND MOSS n.

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 n.

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.

A native, or one of the Scandinavian people, of Iceland.

ICELANDIC a. 2 definitions

Of or pertaining to Iceland; relating to, or resembling, the Icelanders.

ICEMAN n. 2 definitions

A man who is skilled in traveling upon ice, as among glaciers.

The crash or concussion attending the breaking up of masses of ice, -- often due to contraction from extreme cold.

ACCOMPLICE n. 2 definitions

A cooperator. [R.] Success unto our valiant general, And happiness to his accomplices! Shak.

ACCOMPLICESHIP n.

The state of being an accomplice. [R.] Sir H. Taylor.

See Adze. [Obs.] Moxon.

ADVICE n. 4 definitions

An opinion recommended or offered, as worthy to be followed; counsel. We may give advice, but we can not give conduct. Franklin.

ALLICE; ALLIS n.

The European shad (Clupea vulgaris); allice shad. See Alose.

The berry of the pimento (Eugenia pimenta), a tree of the West Indies; a spice of a mildly pungent taste, and agreeably aromatic; Jamaica pepper; pimento. It has been supposed to combine the flavor of cinnamon, nutmegs, and cloves; and hence the name. The name is also given to other aromatic shrubs; as, the Carolina al…