I'ci-cle, n.

(ī′sĭ-kl), n. [A-S. ísgicel, or íses-gicel, fr. ís, ice, and gicel, icicle; D. ijskegel, from ijs, ice, and kegel, a cone or ninepin, O. H. Ger. kegil, N. H. Ger. Kegel. Cf. Icel. jökull, iceberg.] A pendent conical mass of ice, formed by the freezing of water or other fluid as it flows down an inclined plane, or falls in drops from any thing.