Ice

n. [Ā-S., O. H. Ger., Icel., Dan., & Sw. īs, N. H. Ger. eis, D. ijs, ys, from an hypothetical A-S. root īsan, Goth. eisan, to shine, and allied to Ger. eisen, iron, and Lat. æs, brass, copper.]

1. Water in a solid state. It is formed under the influence of extreme cold. It is a nearly solid, transparent, brittle substance, of a crystalline structure, having the specific gravity of 0.9184. It melts into water at the temperature of 32° Fahrenheit. It crystallizes in hexagonal prisms.
2. Concreted sugar. Johnson.
3. Cream or milk sweetened, variously flavored, and frozen; ice-cream.

Ground ice, ice formed under peculiar circumstances upon objects at the bottom of running water; anchor-ice. — To break the ice, to make the first opening to any attempt; to remove the first obstructions or difficulties; to open the way. “The ice of ceremony being once broken.” W. Scott.