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icicle
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[ noun ] (chemistry) a pendent spear of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water
Used in print (Dolores Hitchens, Footsteps in the Night....)A seeping coldness entered Holden 's being ; his nerves seemed frost-bitten down to the tips of his tingling fingers and his spine felt stiff and glass like , liable to break like an icicle at any moment . Related terms |
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