IBIS, [=i]'bis, _n._ a genus of wading birds related to the stork, one
species of which was worshipped by the ancient Egyptians. [L.,--Gr.; an
Egyptian word.]
ICARIAN, [=i]-k[=a]'ri-an, _adj._ belonging to, or like, Icarus. [L.
_Icarius_--Gr. _Ikarios_--_Ikaros_, who fell into the sea on his flight
from Crete, his waxen wings being melted by the sun.]
ICE, [=i]s, _n._ water congealed by freezing: concreted sugar, a frozen
confection of sweetened cream or the juice of various fruits.--_v.t._ to
cover with ice: to freeze: to cover with concreted sugar:--_pr.p._ ic'ing;
_pa.p._ iced.--_ns._ ICE'-AGE (_geol._), the glacial epoch, its records
included in the Pleistocene system, the chief relics morainic materials,
boulder-clay or till, believed to have been formed under glacial ice;
ICE'-AN'CHOR, an anchor with one arm for securing a vessel to an ice-floe;
ICE'-BIRD, the little auk or sea-dove; ICE'BLINK, the peculiar appearance
in the air reflected from distant masses of ice; ICE'BOAT, a boat used for
forcing a passage through or being dragged over ice.--_adj._ ICE'-BOUND,
bound, surrounded, or fixed in with ice.--_ns._ ICE'-BROOK, a frozen brook;
ICE'-CREAM, ICED'-CREAM, cream sweetened or flavoured, and artificially
frozen.--_adj._ ICED, covered with ice: encrusted with sugar.--_n._
ICE'-FALL, a glacier.--_n.pl._ ICE'-FEATH'ERS, peculiar feather-like forms
assumed by ice at the summits of mountains.--_ns._ ICE'-FERN, the fern-like
encrustation which is found on windows during frost; ICE'FIELD, a large
field or sheet of ice; ICE'FLOAT, ICE'FLOE, a large mass of floating ice;
ICE'FOOT, a belt of ice forming round the shores in Arctic regions--also
ICE'-BELT, ICE'-LEDGE, ICE'-WALL; ICE'HOUSE, a house for preserving ice;
ICE'-[=I]'SLAND, an island of floating ice; ICE'MAN, a man skilled in
travelling upon ice: a dealer in ice: a man in attendance at any frozen
pond where skating, &c., are going on; ICE'PACK, drifting ice packed
together; ICE'-PAIL, a pail filled with ice for cooling bottles of wine;
ICE'-PLANT, a plant whose leaves glisten in the sun as if covered with ice;
ICE'-PLOUGH, an instrument for cutting grooves in ice to facilitate its
removal; ICE'-SAW, a large saw for cutting through ice to free ships, &c.;
ICE'-SPAR, a variety of feldspar remarkable for its transparent ice-like
crystals; ICE'-WA'TER, water from melted ice: iced water.--_adv._
IC'ILY.--_ns._ IC'INESS; IC'ING, a covering of ice or concreted
sugar.--_adjs._ IC'Y, composed of, abounding in, or like ice: frosty: cold:
chilling: without warmth of affection; IC'Y-PEARLED (_Milt._), studded with
pearls or spangles of ice.--BREAK THE ICE (see BREAK). [A.S. _is_; Ger.
_eis_, Ice., Dan. _is_.]
ICEBERG, [=i]s'b[.e]rg, _n._ a mountain or huge mass of floating ice. [From
Scand., Norw., and Sw. _isberg_. See _ice_ and _berg_=mountain.]
ICELANDER, [=i]s'land-[.e]r, _n._ a native of _Iceland_.--_n._
ICE'LAND-DOG, a shaggy white dog, sharp-eared, imported from
Iceland.--_adj._ ICELAND'IC, relating to Iceland.--_n._ the language of the
Icelanders.--_ns._ ICE'LAND-MOSS, a lichen found in Iceland, Norway, &c.,
valuable as a medicine and for food; ICE'LAND-SPAR, a transparent variety
of calcite or calcium carbonate.
ICHNEUMON, ik-n[=u]'mun, _n._ a small carnivorous animal in Egypt,
destroying crocodiles' eggs: an insect which lays its eggs on the larva of
other insects. [L.,--Gr., _ichneuein_, to hunt after--_ichnos_, a track.]