Found 2 hits - Term: anchor ice, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
ice \ice\ imacs, n. oe. is, iis, as. imacs; aksin to d.
ijs, g. eis, ohg. imacs, icel. imacss, 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 4deg c.
being 1.0 being less than that of water, ice floats.
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note: water freezes at 32deg f. or 0deg cent., and ice
melts at the same temperature. ice owes its cooling
properties to the large amount of heat required to melt
it.
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2. concreted sugar. --johnson.
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3. water, cream, custard, etc., sweetened, flavored, and
artificially frozen.
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4. any substance having the appearance of ice; as, camphor
ice.
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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 ice 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 zool., 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.
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see also:
anchor ice bay ice ground ice ice age glacial ice anchor
ice blink ice boat ice box ice chest ice brook
ice cream ice field ice float ice floe ice foot
ice house ice machine ice master ice pilot ice pack
ice paper papier glac'e ice petrel puffinus gelidus ice pick
ice master ice pitcher ice plow
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
anchor \an"chor\ a^ng"k~er, n. oe. anker, as. ancor,
oncer, l. ancora, sometimes spelt anchora, fr. gr. 'a`gkyra,
akin to e. angle: cf. f. ancre. see angle, n.
1. a iron instrument which is attached to a ship by a cable
rope or chain, and which, being cast overboard, lays
hold of the earth by a fluke or hook and thus retains the
ship in a particular station.
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note: the common anchor consists of a straight bar called a
shank, having at one end a transverse bar called a
stock, above which is a ring for the cable, and at the
other end the crown, from which branch out two or more
arms with flukes, forming with the shank a suitable
angle to enter the ground.
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note: formerly the largest and strongest anchor was the sheet
anchor hence, fig., best hope or last refuge, called
also waist anchor. now the bower and the sheet anchor
are usually alike. then came the best bower and the
small bower so called from being carried on the bows.
the stream anchor is one fourth the weight of the bower
anchor. kedges or kedge anchors are light anchors used
in warping.
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2. any instrument or contrivance serving a purpose like that
of a ship's anchor, as an arrangement of timber to hold a
dam fast; a contrivance to hold the end of a bridge cable,
or other similar part; a contrivance used by founders to
hold the core of a mold in place.
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3. fig.: that which gives stability or security; that on
which we place dependence for safety.
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which hope we have as an anchor of the soul. --heb.
vi. 19.
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4. her. an emblem of hope.
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5. arch.
a a metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building
together.
b carved work, somewhat resembling an anchor or
arrowhead; -- a part of the ornaments of certain
moldings. it is seen in the echinus, or egg-and-anchor
called also egg-and-dart, egg-and-tongue
ornament.
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6. zool. one of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain
sponges; also, one of the calcareous spinules of certain
holothurians, as in species of synapta.
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6. television an achorman, anchorwoman, or
anchorperson.
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anchor ice. see under ice.
anchor light see the vocabulary.
anchor ring. math. same as annulus, 2 b.
anchor shot see the vocabulary.
anchor space see the vocabulary.
anchor stock naut., the crossbar at the top of the shank
at right angles to the arms.
anchor watch see the vocabulary.
the anchor comes home, when it drags over the bottom as the
ship drifts.
foul anchor, the anchor when it hooks, or is entangled
with, another anchor, or with a cable or wreck, or when
the slack cable is entangled.
the anchor is acockbill, when it is suspended
perpendicularly from the cathead, ready to be let go.
the anchor is apeak, when the cable is drawn in so tight as
to bring the ship directly over it.
the anchor is atrip, or aweigh, when it is lifted out of
the ground.
the anchor is awash, when it is hove up to the surface of
the water.
at anchor, anchored.
to back an anchor, to increase the holding power by laying
down a small anchor ahead of that by which the ship rides,
with the cable fastened to the crown of the latter to
prevent its coming home.
to cast anchor, to drop or let go an anchor to keep a ship
at rest.
to cat the anchor, to hoist the anchor to the cathead and
pass the ring-stopper.
to fish the anchor, to hoist the flukes to their resting
place called the bill-boards, and pass the shank
painter.
to weigh anchor, to heave or raise the anchor so as to sail
away.
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see also:
angle waist anchor egg-and-dart egg-and-tongue synapta achorman
anchorwoman anchorperson anchor ice ice anchor light
anchor ring annulus anchor shot anchor space anchor stock
anchor watch the anchor comes home foul anchor the anchor is acockbill the anchor is apeak
the anchor is atrip aweigh the anchor is awash at anchor to back an anchor
to cast anchor to cat the anchor to fish the anchor to weigh anchor
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