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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Ice'-bound, a.p. 652Totally surrounded with ice, so as to be incapable of advancing; as, an ice-bound vessel. 2. Surrounded by ice so as to hinder or prevent easy access; as, an ice-bound coast or harbor.
  2. Içe'-brōok, n.p. 652A frozen brook or stream. “The ice-brook’s temper.” Shak.
  3. Ice'-built, a.p. 652Composed of ice. 2. Loaded with ice. “Ice-built mountains.” Gray.
  4. Içe'-crēam, n.p. 652Cream or milk, sweetened, flavored, and congealed by a freezing mixture. Sometimes, instead of cream, the materials of a custard are used.
  5. Iced, p. a.p. 652Covered with ice; chilled with ice; as, iced water. 2. Covered with concreted sugar; as, iced cake.
  6. Içe'-drōp, n.p. 652(Bot.) A process resembling an icicle in form and transparency.
  7. Içe'-fall, n.p. 652Ice having the form of a falling stream of water. Coleridge.
  8. Ice'-field, n.p. 652A sheet of ice of such extent that its limits can not be seen from the mast-head of a ship.
  9. Ice'-float or Ice'-floe, n.p. 652A large mass of floating ice.
  10. Ice'-foot, n.p. 652The same as ICE-BELT. Kane.
  11. Içe'-glāzed, a.p. 652Glazed or incrusted with ice. Coleridge.
  12. Içe'-hōōk, n.p. 652A hook on the end of a pole, used to catch and move blocks of ice.
  13. Ice'-house, n.p. 652A repository for the preservation of ice during warm weather; often a pit, with a drain for conveying off the water of the ice when dissolved, and covered with a roof.
  14. Ice'-is'land or Ice'-isle, n.p. 652A vast body of floating ice, such as is often seen in the Atlantic, off the banks of Newfoundland; — distinguished from an ice-field as being less extensive, and often quite high above the water.
  15. Ice'land-er, n.p. 652(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Iceland.
  16. Içe-lānd'ie, a.p. 652(Geog.) Pertaining to Iceland; relating to, or resembling, the Icelanders.
  17. I'ce-lānd'ic, n.p. 652The 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.
  18. Içe'land-mōss, n.p. 652(Bot.) A kind of lichen (Cetraria [or Physcia] Islandica) found in the mountainous districts of Europe. It has a slightly bitter taste, and is used both as a tonic and for its nutritive properties.
  19. Içe'land-spär, n.p. 652(Min.) A transparent variety of calcareous spar, exhibiting well its property of doubly refracting light, and much used, therefore, in polarizing instruments. Dana.
  20. Içe'-măn, n.p. 652A man who is skilled in traveling upon ice. 2. One who deals in ice; one who retails ice.
  21. Içe'-mās'ter, n.p. 652One who has charge of a ship in the ice. Clarke.
  22. Içe'-päck, n.p. 652A body of separate pieces of drift-ice. Kane.
  23. Īçe'-plāin, n.p. 652A plain of ice. Coleridge.
  24. Içe'-plānt, n.p. 652(Bot.) A plant (the Mesembryanthemum crystallinum), sprinkled with pellucid, glittering, watery vesicles, which make the plant appear as if covered with ice. It is a native of South Africa. Its juice…
  25. Ice'-plow or Ice'-plough, n.p. 652A sort of plow for making grooves on ice.
  26. Īce'-saw, n.p. 652A large kind of saw for cutting through ice.
  27. Īçe'-spär, n.p. 652(Min.) A variety of feldspar, the crystals of which are very clear, like ice.
  28. Īçe'-tā'ble, n.p. 652A flat and horizontal mass of ice.
  29. Īçe'-tŏngs, n. pl.p. 652Large iron nippers for handling ice.
  30. Ĭch dienp. 652Literally, I serve; — the motto of the Prince of Wales. Brande.
  31. Ĭch-neū’mon, n.p. 652Egyptian Ichneumon (Herpestes Pharaonis). 1. (Zoöl.) A carnivorous animal of the genus Herpestes, which inhabits Egypt, and is said to be very destructive to the eggs of the crocodile, as it…
  32. Ĭch/neū-mōn'i-dan, a.p. 652(Entom.) Relating to a family of predaceous insects of which the ichneumon is the type.
  33. Ich'neü-mön'i-dan, n.p. 653(Entom.) An insect of the family of which the ichneumon is the type.
  34. Ĭch'nite, n.p. 653A fossil footprint. Page.
  35. Ĭch'/no-gräph'ic, a.p. 653
  36. Ich'no-grāph'ic-alp. 653Pertaining to ichnography; describing a ground-plot.
  37. Ich-nōg'ra-phy, n.p. 653(Drawing.) An horizontal section of a building or other object, showing its true dimensions according to a geometric scale; a ground-plan.
  38. Ĭch'no-līte, n.p. 653A fossil footprint. Dana.
  39. Ich-nōl'i-thōl'o-gy, n.p. 653The same as ICHNOLOGY, q. v. Hitchcock.
  40. Ĭch'no-lŏg'ĭc-al, a.p. 653Pertaining to ichnology.
  41. Ich-nŏl'-o-gy, n.p. 653The science which treats of the footprints of animals.
  42. I'chor, n.p. 653(Myth.) An ethereal fluid that supplied the place of blood in the veins of the gods. 2. A thin, watery humor, like serum or whey; colorless matter flowing from an ulcer.
  43. I'chor-oüs, a.p. 653Composed of, or resembling, ichor; thin; watery; serous; sanious.
  44. Ĭch'thĭne, n.p. 653An albuminous substance characteristic of the yolk of fishes’ eggs.
  45. Ĭch'thy-ic, a.p. 653Pertaining to fishes.
  46. Ĭch'thy-o-cŏl or Ĭch'thy-o-cŏl'la, n.p. 653Fish-glue; isinglass; a glue prepared from the sounds of fish. Tooke.
  47. Ĭch'thy-o-dŏr'u-līte, n.p. 653(Paleon.) The fossil dorsal spine of certain fishes. Humble.
  48. Ich'thy-ŏg'ra-phy, n.p. 653A treatise on fishes.
  49. Ĭch'thy-oid, a.p. 653Having many of the characters of a fish.
  50. Ich'thy-o-lite, n.p. 653(Palæon.) (a.) A fossil fish. (b.) The figure or impression of a fish in rock.
  51. Ĭch'thy-o-lŏg'ie-al, a.p. 653Pertaining to ichthyology.
  52. Ich’thy-ŏl’ō-gist, n.p. 653One versed in ichthyology.
  53. Ich'thy-ŏl'o-gy, n.p. 653The science of the systematic arrangement or classification of fishes.
  54. Ĭch'/thy-o-măn'/cy, n.p. 653Divination by the heads or the entrails of fishes.
  55. Ich'thy-ŏph'a-gist, n.p. 653One who eats or subsists on fish.
  56. Ĭch’thy-ŏph’a-gŏus, a.p. 653Eating, or subsisting on, fish.
  57. Ich'thy-ŏph'a-gy, n.p. 653The practice of eating fish.
  58. Ich’thy-oph-thăl’mite, n.p. 653Fish-eye-stone. See APOPHYLLITE.
  59. Ĭch'thy-o-saur or Ĭch'thy-o-sau'rus, n.p. 653(Palæon.) An extinct carnivorous reptile of enormous size, found in the Lias formation, nearly to the close of the chalk period. It is saurian, or lizard-like, both in shape and habits. The vertebræ…
  60. Ich'thy-ō'sis, n.p. 653(Med.) A disease in which the skin becomes thickened and scaly. Magne.