Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - icicle
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Icicle
icicle
noun Etymology: Middle English isikel, from is ice + ikel ~, from Old English gicel; akin to Old High German ihilla ~, Middle Irish aig ice Date: 14th century 1. a pendent mass of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water 2. an emotionally cold person 3. a long narrow strip (as of foil) used to decorate a Christmas tree
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n. a hanging tapering piece of ice, formed by the freezing of dripping water. Etymology: ME f. ICE + ickle (now dial.) icicle ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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(icicles) An icicle is a long pointed piece of ice hanging down from a surface. It forms when water comes slowly off the surface, and freezes as it falls. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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- M.E. isykle, from is "ice" + ikel "icicle," from O.E. gicel (rel. to cylegicel "cold ice"), from P.Gmc. *jekilaz. Dialectical ickle "icicle" survived into 20c. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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