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  8  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ice  \Ice\  ([imac]s),  n.  [OE.  is  iis,  AS  [=i]s;  aksin  to  D. 
  ijs,  G.  eis,  OHG.  [=i]s,  Icel.  [=i]ss,  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[deg]  C. 
  being  1.0)  being  less  than  that  of  water,  ice  floats. 
 
  Note:  Water  freezes  at  32[deg]  F.  or  0[deg]  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  glac['e]. 
 
  {Ice  petrel}  (Zo["o]l.),  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ice  \Ice\  ([imac]s),  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Iced}  ([imac]st);  p. 
  pr  &  vb  n.  {Icing}  ([imac]"s[i^]ng).] 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  ice 
  n  1:  water  frozen  in  the  solid  state;  "Americans  like  ice  in 
  their  drinks"  [syn:  {water  ice}] 
  2:  the  frozen  part  of  a  body  of  water 
  3:  (informal)  diamonds;  "look  at  the  ice  on  that  dame!" 
  4:  a  flavored  sugar  topping  used  to  coat  and  decorate  cakes 
  [syn:  {frosting},  {icing}] 
  5:  a  frozen  dessert  with  fruit  flavoring  (especially  one 
  containing  no  milk)  [syn:  {frappe}] 
  6:  a  rink  with  a  floor  of  ice  for  ice  hockey  or  ice  skating; 
  "the  crowd  applauded  when  she  skated  out  onto  the  ice" 
  [syn:  {ice  rink},  {ice-skating  rink}] 
  v  1:  decorate  with  frosting;  "frost  a  cake"  [syn:  {frost}] 
  2:  put  ice  on  or  put  on  ice;  "Ice  your  sprained  limbs" 
 
  From  Jargon  File  (4.2.3,  23  NOV  2000)  [jargon]: 
 
  ice  n.  [coined  by  Usenetter  Tom  Maddox,  popularized  by  William 
  Gibson's  cyberpunk  SF  novels:  a  contrived  acronym  for  `Intrusion 
  Countermeasure  Electronics']  Security  software  (in  Gibson's  novels, 
  software  that  responds  to  intrusion  by  attempting  to  immobilize  or  even 
  literally  kill  the  intruder).  Hence  `icebreaker':  a  program  designed 
  for  cracking  security  on  a  system. 
 
  Neither  term  is  in  serious  use  yet  as  of  early  1999,  but  many 
  hackers  find  the  metaphor  attractive,  and  each  may  develop  a  denotation 
  in  the  future.  In  the  meantime,  the  speculative  usage  could  be  confused 
  with  `ICE',  an  acronym  for  "in-circuit  emulator". 
 
  In  ironic  reference  to  the  speculative  usage,  however,  some  hackers 
  and  computer  scientists  formed  ICE  (International  Cryptographic 
  Experiment)  in  1994.  ICE  is  a  consortium  to  promote  uniform  international 
  access  to  strong  cryptography. 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  ICE 
 
  1.    {in-circuit  emulator}. 
 
  2.    {Intrusion  Countermeasure  Electronics}. 
 
  (2000-03-18) 
 
 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Ice 
  frequently  mentioned  (Job  6:16;  38:29;  Ps  147:17,  etc.).  (See  {CRYSTAL}.) 
 
 
  From  V.E.R.A.  --  Virtual  Entity  of  Relevant  Acronyms  13  March  2001  [vera]: 
 
  ICE 
  In-Circuit-Emulation 
 
 
 
  From  V.E.R.A.  --  Virtual  Entity  of  Relevant  Acronyms  13  March  2001  [vera]: 
 
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