n. [ OE. is, iis, AS. īs; aksin to D. ijs, G. eis, OHG. īs, Icel. īss, 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Concreted sugar. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Water, cream, custard, etc., sweetened, flavored, and artificially frozen. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Any substance having the appearance of ice; as, camphor ice. [ 1913 Webster ]

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
Ice 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 glacé. --
Ice petrel (Zool.), 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 (usually with a fruit syrup), and frozen. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. iced p. pr. & vb. n. icing ] 1. To cover with ice; to convert into ice, or into something resembling ice. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cover with icing, or frosting made of sugar and milk or white of egg; to frost, as cakes, tarts, etc.; as, iced cupcakes with a pink icing look delicious. [ 1913 Webster + PJC ]

3. To chill or cool, as with ice; to freeze. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To kill. [ slang ] [ PJC ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Icebergs are large detached portions of glaciers, which in cold regions often project into the sea. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) An Arctic sea bird, as the Arctic fulmar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A ship with a reinforced bow to break up ice and keep channels open for navigation; an icebreaker.
Syn. -- icebreaker. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a sailing craft with runners and a cross-shaped frame; suitable for traveling over ice; it is usually propelled by a sail, and sometimes by an engine-powered propeller.
Syn. -- ice yacht. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a ship with a reinforced bow and powerful engines designed to break up layers of ice on waterways and keep channels open for navigation.
Syn. -- iceboat. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. A remark or action intended to relieve tension or reduce formality when initiating conversation or beginning a speech; it is often a humorous or light remark. [ PJC ]

a. 1. Composed of ice. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Loaded with ice. “Ice-built mountains.” Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. a mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. having flow restricted by ice; -- of rivers or conduits; as, ice-clogged rivers. [ WordNet 1.5 ]