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ˈice-cap
1. A permanent cap or covering of ice over a tract of country, such as exists on high mountains, and on a large scale at either pole.
1875J. Croll Climate & T. App. 543 [To] cover the antarctic regions with an enormous ice-cap. 1880A. R. Wallace Isl. Life viii. 156 A similar ice-cap is..believed to exist on the Antarctic pole at the present day.
2. Med. A bladder or elastic bag containing pounded ice, for application to the head in congestion of the brain, etc.
1854–67C. A. Harris Dict. Med. Terminol., Ice Cap, a bladder filled with pulverized ice, and applied to the head. |