Hypertext Webster Gateway: "icicle"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Icicle \I"ci*cle\, n. [OE. isikel, AS. [=i]sgicel; [=i]s ice +
gicel icicle; akin to Icel. j["o]kull; cf. Gael. eigh ice,
Ir. aigh.]
A pendent, and usually conical, mass of ice, formed by
freezing of dripping water; as, the icicles on the eaves of a
house.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
icicle
n : a pendent spear of ice formed by the freezing of dripping
water
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