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ˈice-ˌmaster
1. A pilot or sailing-master who has special experience in navigating vessels among ice-floes.
1851[see iceman 1]. 1853Kane Grinnell Exp. xiii. (1856) 98 Much as I respect the ice-masters, the Greenland pilots as they are termed. 1883American VI. 173 The expedition..[had] two Norwegian ice-masters.
2. One in charge of the ice of a public pond.
1880Daily News 28 Jan. 2/5 The park bailiff and ice⁓master considered the ice on the Serpentine about 3½ inches thick. |