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William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Ice
·noun Concreted sugar.
II. Ice ·noun Any substance having the appearance of ice; as, camphor ice.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Ice
Frequently mentioned (Job 6:16; 38:29; Ps. 147:17, etc.). (See Crystal.)
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Bird's nest
·noun ·Alt. of Bird's-nest.
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Bird's-beak
·noun A molding whose section is thought to resemble a beak.
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Bird's-eye
·adj Marked with spots resembling bird's eyes; as, bird's-eye diaper; bird's-eye maple.
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Bird's-foot
·noun A papilionaceous plant, the Ornithopus, having a curved, cylindrical pod tipped with a short, ...
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Bird's-mouth
·noun An interior angle or notch cut across a piece of timber, for the reception of the edge of anot...
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Bird's-nest
·noun The nest in which a bird lays eggs and hatches her young.
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Bird's-nesting
·noun Hunting for, or taking, birds' nests or their contents.
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Bird's-tongue
·noun The knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare).
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Bird's Court
West out of Philip Lane. In Cripplegarte Ward Within (Elmes, 1831), to Little Wood Street (Hatton,17...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bird's Wharf
South out of Temple Street, west of White Fryers Stairs (Rocque, 1746-Dodsley, 1761).
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bird's Yard
Out of Chick Lane, West Smithfield (P.C. I 732-Strype, ed. 1755-Dodsley, 1761).
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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jail birds
Prisoners.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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queer birds
Rogues relieved from prison, and returned to their old trade.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bird's nest
A round top at a mast-head for a look-out station. A smaller crow's nest. Chiefly used in whalers, w...
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black-birds
A slang term on the coast of Africa for a cargo of slaves.
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newgate birds
The men sent on board ship from prisons; but the term has also been immemorially used, as applied to...
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Bay ice
·- ·see under <<Ice>>.
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Ice plant
·- A plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum), sprinkled with pellucid, watery vesicles, which glisten ...
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Ice-built
·adj Loaded with ice.
II. Ice-built ·adj Composed of ice.
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Neapolitan ice
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Neapolitan ice cream.
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Water ice
·- Water flavored, sweetened, and frozen, to be eaten as a confection.
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ice-plant
n.
Tasmanian name for Tetragoniaimplexicoma, Hook., N.O. Ficoideae, B. Fl. Variousspecies of Tetrag...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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ice-candles
icicles. Kent.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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ice-bone
a rump of beef. Norf.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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anchor-ice
The ice which is formed on and incrustates the beds of lakes and rivers: the ground-gru of the easte...
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bay-ice
Ice newly formed on the surface of the sea, and having the colour of the water; it is then in the fi...
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cake-ice
Ice formed in the early part of the season.
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drift-ice
The debris of the main pack. (See open ice.)
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field-ice
A sheet of smooth frozen water of a general thickness, and of an extent too large for its boundaries...
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ground-ice
See anchor-ice.
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ice-anchor
A bar of round iron tapered to a point, and bent as a pot-hook; a hole is cut in the ice, the point ...
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ice-beams
Strengtheners for whalers. (See fortifying.)
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ice-blink
A streak or stratum of lucid whiteness which appears over the ice in that part of the atmosphere adj...
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ice-boat
A peculiar track-schuyt for the Dutch canals in winter.
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ice-bound
A vessel so surrounded by ice as to be prevented from proceeding on her voyage.
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ice-chisel
A large socket-chisel into which a pole is inserted, used to cut holes in the ice.
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ice-claws
A flat claw with two prongs spread like a can-hook; the same as a single span or claw-dog.
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ice-fenders
Fenders of any kind, used to protect a vessel from injury by ice; usually broken spars hanging verti...
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ice vein
A narrow temporary channel of water in the packs or other large collections of ice.
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ice lane or vein
A narrow temporary channel of water in the packs or other large collections of ice.
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ice-master
A pilot, or man of experience, for the Arctic Sea.
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ice-plank
See spike-plank.
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ice-quake
The rending crash which accompanies the breaking of floes of ice.
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ice-saw
A huge saw for cutting through ice; it is made of 2/8 to 3/8 inch plates of iron, and varies in leng...
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ice-sludge
Small comminuted ice, or bay-ice broken up by the wind.
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ice-tongue
See tongue.
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land-ice
Flat ice connected with the shore, within which there is no channel.
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light ice
That which has but little depth in the water; it is not considered dangerous to shipping, as not bei...
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loose ice
A number of pieces near each other, but through which the ship can make her way.
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main-ice
A body of impenetrable ice apparently detached from the land, but immovable; between which and the l...
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old ice
In polar parlance, that of previous seasons.
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open ice
Fragments of ice sufficiently separate to admit of a ship forcing or boring through them under sail....
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pack-ice
A large collection of broken floe huddled together, but constantly varying its position; said to be ...
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penknife ice
A name given by Parry to ice, the surface of which is composed of numberless irregular vertical crys...
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piling ice
In Arctic parlance, where from pressure the ice is raised, slab over slab, into a high mass, which c...
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sailing ice
A number of loose pieces floating at a sufficient distance from each other, for a ship to be able to...
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sea-ice
Ice within which there is a separation from the land.
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slush-ice
The first layer which forms when the surface is freezing.
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stream-ice
A collection of pieces of drift or bay ice, joining each other in a ridge following in the line of c...
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young ice
Nearly the same as bay-ice, except that it is only applied to ice very recently formed, or of the pr...
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Bird's-eye maple
·- ·see under <<Maple>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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bird's-nest fungus
n.
a small fungus of thegenus Cyathus, four species of which occur inQueensland.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Neapolitan ice cream
·add. ·- An ice or ice cream containing eggs as well as cream.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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barrier of ice
Ice stretching from the land-ice to the sea or main ice, or across a channel, so as to render it imp...
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beset in ice
Surrounded with ice, and no opening for advance or retreat, so as to be obliged to remain immovable....
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heavy drift-ice
Dense ice, which has a great depth in the water in proportion to its size, and is not in a state of ...
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hummocks of ice
Protuberant lumps of ice thrown up by some pressure upon a field or floe, or any other frozen plane....
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island of ice
A name given to a great quantity of ice collected into one solid mass and floating upon the sea; the...
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vein of ice
A narrow channel between two fields. Any open cracks or separations of floe offering navigation.
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lane or vein of ice
A narrow channel between two fields. Any open cracks or separations of floe offering navigation.
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birds of a feather
Rogues of the same gang.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bird's-foot sea-star
The Palmipes membranaceus, one of the Asterinidæ, with a flat thin pentagonal body, of a bright scar...
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blink of the ice
A bright appearance or looming (the iceberg reflected in the atmosphere above it), often assuming an...
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run of the ice
In Arctic parlance, implies that the ice is suddenly impelled by a rushing motion, arising from curr...
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