Ice (is), n. [OE. is, iis, AS. is; aksin to D. ijs, G. eis, OHG. is, Icel. iss, Sw. is, Dan. iis, and perh. to E. iron.]
1. Water or other fluid frozen or reduced to the solid state by cold; frozen water. It is a white or transparent colorless substance, crystalline, brittle, and viscoidal. Its specific gravity (0.92, that of water at 4° C. being 1.0) being less than that of water, ice floats. Water freezes at 32° F. or 0° Cent., and ice melts at the same temperature. Ice owes its cooling properties to the large amount of heat required to melt it.
2. Concreted sugar. Johnson.
3. Water, cream, custard, etc., sweetened, flavored, and artificially frozen.
4. Any substance having the appearance of ice; as camphor ice. Anchor ice, ice which sometimes forms about stones and other objects at the bottom of running or other water, and is thus attached or anchored to the ground. — Bay ice, ice formed in bays, fiords, etc., often in extensive fields which drift out to sea. — Ground ice, anchor ice. — Ice age (Geol.), the glacial epoch or period. See under Glacial. — Ice anchor (Naut.), a grapnel for mooring a vessel to a field of ice. Kane. — Ice blink [Dan. iisblink], a streak of whiteness of the horizon, caused by the reflection of light from ice not yet in sight. — Ice boat. (a) A boat fitted with skates or runners, and propelled on ice by sails; an ice yacht. (b) A strong steamboat for breaking a channel through ice. — Ice box or chest, a box for holding ice; a box in which things are kept cool by means of ice; a refrigerator. — Ice brook, a brook or stream as cold as ice. [Poetic] Shak. — Ice cream [for iced cream], cream, milk, or custard, sweetened, flavored, and frozen. — Ice field, an extensive sheet of ice. — Ice float, Ice floe, a sheet of floating ice similar to an ice field, but smaller. — Ice foot, shore ice in Arctic regions; an ice belt. Kane. — Ice house, a close-covered pit or building for storing ice. — Ice machine (Physics), a machine for making ice artificially, as by the production of a low temperature through the sudden expansion of a gas or vapor, or the rapid evaporation of a volatile liquid. — Ice master. See Ice pilot (below). — Ice pack, an irregular mass of broken and drifting ice. — Ice paper, a transparent film of gelatin for copying or reproducing; papier glace. — Ice petrel (Zoöl.), a shearwater ( Puffinus gelidus) of the Antarctic seas abundant among floating ice. — Ice pick, a sharp instrument for breaking ice into small pieces. — Ice pilot, a pilot who has charge of a vessel where the course is obstructed by ice, as in polar seas; — called also ice master. — Ice pitcher, a pitcher adapted for ice water. — Ice plow, a large tool for grooving and cutting ice. — Ice sludge, bay ice broken small by the wind or waves; sludge. — Ice spar (Min.), a variety of feldspar, the crystals of which are very clear like ice; rhyacolite. — Ice tongs, large iron nippers for handling ice. — Ice water. (a) Water cooled by ice. (b) Water formed by the melting of ice. — Ice yacht. See Ice boat (above). — To break the ice. See under Break. — Water ice, a confection consisting of water sweetened, flavored, and frozen.

Ice (is), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Iced (ist); p. pr. & vb. n. Icing (i"sing).]
1. To cover with ice; to convert into ice, or into something resembling ice.
2. To cover with icing, or frosting made of sugar and milk or white of egg; to frost, as cakes, tarts, etc.
3. To chill or cool, as with ice; to freeze.

Iceberg
Ice´berg, n. [Prob. of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. iisbierg, Sw. isberg, properly, a mountain of ice. See Ice, and Berg.] A large mass of ice, generally floating in the ocean. Icebergs are large detached portions of glaciers, which in cold regions often project into the sea.

Icebound
Ice´bound, a. 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.

Ice-built
Ice´-built, a.
1. Composed of ice.
2. Loaded with ice. "Ice-built mountains." Gray.

Iced, a.
1. Covered with ice; chilled with ice; as iced water.
2. Covered with something resembling ice, as sugar icing; frosted; as iced cake. Iced cream. Same as Ice cream, under Ice.

Iceland moss
Ice"land moss (Bot.) 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
Ice"land spar (Min.) 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.

Icelandic
Ice•lan´dic, a. Of or pertaining to Iceland; relating to, or resembling, the Icelanders.

Icelandic
Ice•lan´dic, n. 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.

Iceman
Ice´man, n. ; pl. Icemen .
1. A man who is skilled in traveling upon ice, as among glaciers.
2. One who deals in ice; one who retails or delivers ice.

Icequake
Ice´quake (is"kwak•), n. The crash or concussion attending the breaking up of masses of ice, — often due to contraction from extreme cold.

Ich (ik), pron. I. [Obs.] Chaucer. In the Southern dialect of Early English this is the regular form. Cf. Ik.

Ichneumonides
Ich•neu•mon´i•des, n. pl. [NL. See Ichneumon.] (Zoöl.) The ichneumon flies.

Ichnography
Ich•nog´ra•phy, n. [Gr. ; ’i•chnos track, footstep + to describe: cf. F. ichonographie.] (Drawing) A horizontal section of a building or other object, showing its true dimensions according to a geometric scale; a ground plan; a map; also the art of making such plans.

Ichnolite
Ich´no•lite, n. [Gr. ’i•chnos track, footstep + -lite.] A fossil footprint; an ichnite.

Ichnolithology
Ich•no•li•thol´o•gy, n. [Gr. ’i•chnos footstep + -lith + -logy.] Same as Ichnology. Hitchcock.

Ichnology
Ich•nol´o•gy, n. [Gr. ’i•chnos a footstep + -logy.] (Geol.) The branch of science which treats of fossil footprints.

Ichnoscopy
Ich•nos´co•py, n. [Gr. ’i•chnos footstep + -scopy.] The search for the traces of anything. [R.]

Ichor
I´chor, n. [NL., fr. Gr. : cf. F. ichor.]
1. (Class. Myth.) An ethereal fluid that supplied the place of blood in the veins of the gods.
2. A thin, acrid, watery discharge from an ulcer, wound, etc.

Ichorhaemia
I•chor•hae´mi•a, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ichor + blood.] (Med.) Infection of the blood with ichorous or putrid substances.

Ichorous
I´chor•ous, a. [Cf. F. ichoreux.] Of or like ichor; thin; watery; serous; sanious.

Ichthidin
Ich´thi•din, n. (Physiol. Chem.) A substance from the egg yolk of osseous fishes.

Ichthin
Ich´thin, n. [Gr. ’ichqy•s fish.] (Physiol. Chem.) A nitrogenous substance resembling vitellin, present in the egg yolk of cartilaginous fishes.

Ichthulin
Ich´thu•lin, n. (Physiol. Chem.) A substance from the yolk of salmon’s eggs.

Ichthus
Ich´thus, n. [Gr. ’ichqy•s.] In early Christian and eccesiastical art, an emblematic fish, or the Greek word for fish, which combined the initials of the Greek words Ihsoy^s, Christo•s, Qeoy^ Gio•s Swth•r, Jesus, Christ, Son of God, Savior.

Ichthyic
Ich´thy•ic, a. [Gr. ’ichqy•s, -y•os, a fish.] (Zoöl.) Like, or pertaining to, fishes. { Ich´thy•o•col, Ich•thy•o•col´la } n. [L. ichthyocolla, Gr. ; ’ichqy•s, -y•os, a fish + glue: cf. F. ichthyocolle.] Fish glue; isinglass; a glue prepared from the sounds of certain fishes.

Ichthyocoprolite
Ich•thy•o•cop´ro•lite, n. [Gr. ’ichqy•s, -y•os, a fish + E. coprolite.] (Geol.) Fossil dung of fishes.

Ichthyodorulite
Ich•thy•o•dor´u•lite, n. [Gr. ’ichqy•s, -y•os, a fish + a spear + - lite.] (Zoöl.) One of the spiny plates found on the back and tail of certain skates.

Ichthyography
Ich•thy•og´ra•phy, n. [Gr. ’ichqy•s, -y•os + graphy: cf. F. ichthyographie.] A treatise on fishes. { Ich´thy•oid, Ich•thy•oid´al } a. [Gr. : ’ichqy•s, -y•os, a fish + form.] (Zoöl.) Somewhat like a fish; having some of the characteristics of fishes; — said of some amphibians.

Ichthyol
Ich´thy•ol, n. [Gr.,, a fish + (prob.) L. oleum oil; but cf. Ichthyolite.] (Chem.) An oily substance prepared by the dry distillation of a bituminous mineral containing fossil fishes. It is used in medicine as a remedy in some forms of skin diseases.

Ichthyolite
Ich´thy•o•lite, n. [Gr. ’ichqy•s, -y•os, a fish + -lite.] (Paleon.) A fossil fish, or fragment of a fish. { Ich•thy•o•log´ic, Ich•thy•o•log´ic•al, } a. [Cf. F. ichthyologique.] Of or pertaining to ichthyology.

Ichthyologist
Ich•thy•ol´o•gist, n. [Cf. F. ichthyologiste.] One versed in, or who studies, ichthyology.

Ichthyology
Ich•thy•ol´o•gy, n. [Gr. ’ichqy•s, -y•os, a fish + -logy: cf. F. ichthyologie.] The natural history of fishes; that branch of zoölogy which relates to fishes, including their structure, classification, and habits.

Ichthyomancy
Ich´thy•o•man•cy, n. [Gr. ’ichqy•s, -y•os, a fish + -mancy: cf. F. ichthyomancie.] Divination by the heads or the entrails of fishes.

Ichthyomorpha
Ich•thy•o•mor´pha, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. fish-shaped; ’ichqy•s, -y•os, a fish + form.] (Zoöl.) The Urodela. { Ich•thy•o•mor´phic, Ich•thy•o•mor´phous } a. [See Ichthyomorpha.] Fish- shaped; as the ichthyomorphic idols of ancient Assyria.

Ichthyophagy
Ich•thy•oph´a•gy, n. [Gr. ’ichqyofagi•a: cf. F. ichthyophagie.] The practice of eating, or living upon, fish.

Ichthyophthalmite
Ich•thy•oph•thal´mite, n. [Gr. ’ichqy•s, -y•os, a fish + eye.] See Apophyllite. [R.]

Ichthyopsida
Ich•thy•op´si•da, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ’ichqy•s, -y•os, a fish + appearance.] (Zoöl.) A grand division of the Vertebrata, including the Amphibia and Fishes.

Ichthyopterygia
Ich•thy•op•te•ryg´i•a, n. pl. [NL. See Ichthyopterygium.] (Paleon.) See Ichthyosauria.

Ichthyornis
Ich•thy•or´nis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ’ichqy•s, -y•os, a fish + bird.] (Paleon.) An extinct genus of toothed birds found in the American Cretaceous formation. It is remarkable for having biconcave vertebrae, and sharp, conical teeth set in sockets. Its wings were well developed. It is the type of the order Odontotormae.

Ichthyosaur
Ich´thy•o•saur, n. [Cf. F. ichthyosaure.] (Paleon.) One of the Ichthyosaura.

Ichthyosauria
Ich•thy•o•sau´ri•a, n. pl. [NL. See Ichthyosaurus.] (Paleon.) An extinct order of marine reptiles, including Ichthyosaurus and allied forms; — called also Ichthyopterygia. They have not been found later than the Cretaceous period.

Ichthyosaurus
Ich•thy•o•sau´rus, n. ; pl. Ichthyosauri (#). [NL., fr. Gr. ’ichqy•s, -y•os, a fish + say^ros a lizard.] (Paleon.) An extinct genus of marine reptiles; - - so named from their short, biconcave vertebrae, resembling those of fishes. Several species, varying in length from ten to thirty feet, are known from the Liassic, Oölitic, and Cretaceous formations.

Ichthyosis
Ich•thy•o´sis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ’ichqy•s fish.] (Med.) A disease in which the skin is thick, rough, and scaly; — called also fishskin. — Ich•thy•ot´ic (#), a.

Ichthyotomist
Ich•thy•ot´o•mist, n. One skilled in ichthyotomy.

Ichthyotomy
Ich•thy•ot´o•my, n. [Gr. ’ichqy•s, -y•os, a fish + to cut.] The anatomy or dissection of fishes. [R.]

Ichthys
Ich´thys, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ’ichqy•s a fish.] Same as Ichthus.

Icicled
I´ci•cled, a. Having icicles attached.

Icily
I´ci•ly, adv. In an icy manner; coldly.
"Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null, Dead perfection, no more." Tennyson.

Iciness
I´ci•ness, n. The state or quality of being icy or very cold; frigidity.

Icing
I´cing, n. A coating or covering resembling ice, as of sugar and milk or white of egg; frosting.

Ickle
Ic´kle, n. [OE. ikil. See Icicle.] An icicle. [Prov. Eng.]

Iconical
I•con´ic•al, a. Pertaining to, or consisting of, images, pictures, or representations of any kind.

Iconism
I´con•ism, n. [L. iconismus, Gr., fr. to mold, delineate, fr. e’ikw•n an image: cf. F. iconisme.] The formation of a figure, representation, or semblance; a delineation or description.
"Some kind of apish imitations, counterfeit iconisms." Cudworth.

Iconize
I´con•ize, v. t. [Gr. e’ikoni•zein.] To form an image or likeness of. [R.] Cudworth.

Iconoclasm
I•con´o•clasm, n. [Cf. F. iconoclasme. See Iconoclast.] The doctrine or practice of the iconoclasts; image breaking.

Iconoclastic
I•con•o•clas´tic, a. Of or pertaining to the iconoclasts, or to image breaking. Milman. {I•con´o•dule, I•con´o•du•list } n. [Gr. e’ikw•n an image + a slave.] (Eccl. Hist.) One who serves images; — opposed to an iconoclast. Schaff-Herzog Encyc.

Iconograph
I•con´o•graph, n. [See Iconography.] An engraving or other picture or illustration for a book.

Iconographic
I•con•o•graph´ic, a.
1. Of or pertaining to iconography.
2. Representing by means of pictures or diagrams; as an icongraphic encyclopaedia.

Iconography
I•co•nog´ra•phy, n. [Gr. a sketch or description; e’ikw•n an image + to describe: cf. F. iconographie.]
1. The art or representation by pictures or images; the description or study of portraiture or representation, as of persons; as the iconography of the ancients.
2. The study of representative art in general. Christian iconography, the study of the representations in art of the Deity, the persons of the Trinity, angels, saints, virtues, vices, etc.

Iconolater
I•co•nol´a•ter, n. [Gr. e’ikw•n an image + to worship: cf. F. iconolâtre.] One who worships images.

Iconolatry
I•co•nol´a•try, n. [See Iconolater.] The worship of images as symbols; — distinguished from idolatry, the worship of images themselves.

Iconomania
I•co•no•ma´ni•a, n. [NL. See Icon, and Mania.] A mania or infatuation for icons, whether as objects of devotion, bric-a-brac, or curios.

Iconophilist
I•co•noph´i•list, n. [Gr. e’ikw•n an image + to love.] A student, or lover of the study, of iconography.

Icosahedral
I•co•sa•he´dral, a. [See Icosahedron.] (Geom.) Having twenty equal sides or faces.

Icosandria
I•co•san´dri•a, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. twenty +,, man, male: cf. F. icosandrie.] (Bot.) A Linnaean class of plants, having twenty or more stamens inserted in the calyx. { I•co•san´dri•an, I•co•san´drous } a. (Bot.) Pertaining to the class Icosandria; having twenty or more stamens inserted in the calyx.

Icositetrahedron
I•co•si•tet•ra•he´dron, n. [Gr. twenty +, combining form of four + seat, base.] (Crystallog.) A twenty-four-sided solid; a tetragonal trisoctahedron or trapezohedron.

Icteric
Ic•ter´ic, n. A remedy for the jaundice. { Ic•ter´ic, Ic•ter´ic•al } a. [L. ictericus, Gr., fr. jaundice: cf. F. icterique.]
1. Pertaining to, or affected with, jaundice.
2. Good against the jaundice. Johnson. { Ic•ter•i´tious, Ic•ter´i•tous } a. Yellow; of the color of the skin when it is affected by the jaundice.

Icteroid
Ic´ter•oid, a. [Gr. jaundice + -oid.] Of a tint resembling that produced by jaundice; yellow; as an icteroid tint or complexion.

Icterus
Ic´te•rus, n. [NL. See Icteric, a. ] (Med.) The jaundice.

Ictus
Ic´tus, n. [L., fr. icere, ictum, to strike.]
1. (Pros.) The stress of voice laid upon accented syllable of a word. Cf. Arsis.
2. (Med.) A stroke or blow, as in a sunstroke, the sting of an insect, pulsation of an artery, etc.