ice boltn.

Brit.

/ˈʌɪs bəʊlt/, U.S.

/ˈaɪs ˌboʊlt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ice n., bolt n.¹

Etymology: < ice n. + bolt n.¹

1. A cold piercing sensation, likened to a bolt (bolt n.¹) of ice; a sudden deadly chill.

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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [noun] > sensation of cold > sudden

ice bolt1789

twinge1888

1789 E. Darwin Bot. Garden: Pt. II ii. 38 The keen ice-bolt trembles at her heart.

1829 C. A. Bowles Chapters Churchyards I. 301 The sudden revulsion of feeling came upon Andrew like an ice-bolt.

1866 Mrs. H. Wood Elster's Folly xxi. 158/2 An ice-bolt shot through him at the reminder. Better that an heir to Hartledon should never be born, if it must call him father!

1914 ‘R. Dehan’ Cost of Wings 152 Something like an ice-bolt shot down his spine. He dashed up to the nursery, and looked in.

2002 K. Novak Ordinary Monsters iii. i. 206 Joyce felt a sobering ice bolt of dread. Duncan? She picked up her pace and hurried toward town.

2. A bolt or dart of ice; (also) something representing this.

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1803 Monthly Mirror May 340 Then, Seward, live, till time itself shall close, Nor mourn mortality's promiscuous doom, Since Death in vain his dreaded ice-bolt throws, To blast the laurel Genius bids to bloom.

1859 Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper 10 July 9/3 A correspondent..says that..‘The heavens were discharging a perfect deluge of ice-bolts.’

1950 Portsmouth (New Hampsh.) Herald 28 Nov. 5/4 (headline) Britain Bombed by Strange Icebolts.

1995 Observer (Nexis) 15 Oct. 66 ‘All the changes add to the immersive quality of the game,’ Wilson says, as he hurls an ice bolt at a bad guy.

†3. A sudden fall of ice; an avalanche. Obsolete.

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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > snow > [noun] > rush of loose or melting snow > avalanche

valanche1766

avalanche1771

lavange1806

ice bolt1815

lauwine1818

vollenge1830

snow slide1841

slab avalanche1953

1815 E. A. Porden Veils v. 217 Then could some ice-bolt, in its hurried fall, With sudden cold congeal the lucid wall.

1870 H. Macmillan Bible Teachings iv. 70 Protecting the inhabitants of the valley from the fearful ice-bolts of the mountain.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ice bolt
释义	ice boltn. Brit. /ˈʌɪs bəʊlt/, U.S. /ˈaɪs ˌboʊlt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ice n., bolt n.¹ Etymology: < ice n. + bolt n.¹ 1. A cold piercing sensation, likened to a bolt (bolt n.¹) of ice; a sudden deadly chill. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [noun] > sensation of cold > sudden ice bolt1789 twinge1888 1789 E. Darwin Bot. Garden: Pt. II ii. 38 The keen ice-bolt trembles at her heart. 1829 C. A. Bowles Chapters Churchyards I. 301 The sudden revulsion of feeling came upon Andrew like an ice-bolt. 1866 Mrs. H. Wood Elster's Folly xxi. 158/2 An ice-bolt shot through him at the reminder. Better that an heir to Hartledon should never be born, if it must call him father! 1914 ‘R. Dehan’ Cost of Wings 152 Something like an ice-bolt shot down his spine. He dashed up to the nursery, and looked in. 2002 K. Novak Ordinary Monsters iii. i. 206 Joyce felt a sobering ice bolt of dread. Duncan? She picked up her pace and hurried toward town. 2. A bolt or dart of ice; (also) something representing this. ΚΠ 1803 Monthly Mirror May 340 Then, Seward, live, till time itself shall close, Nor mourn mortality's promiscuous doom, Since Death in vain his dreaded ice-bolt throws, To blast the laurel Genius bids to bloom. 1859 Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper 10 July 9/3 A correspondent..says that..‘The heavens were discharging a perfect deluge of ice-bolts.’ 1950 Portsmouth (New Hampsh.) Herald 28 Nov. 5/4 (headline) Britain Bombed by Strange Icebolts. 1995 Observer (Nexis) 15 Oct. 66 ‘All the changes add to the immersive quality of the game,’ Wilson says, as he hurls an ice bolt at a bad guy. †3. A sudden fall of ice; an avalanche. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > snow > [noun] > rush of loose or melting snow > avalanche valanche1766 avalanche1771 lavange1806 ice bolt1815 lauwine1818 vollenge1830 snow slide1841 slab avalanche1953 1815 E. A. Porden Veils v. 217 Then could some ice-bolt, in its hurried fall, With sudden cold congeal the lucid wall. 1870 H. Macmillan Bible Teachings iv. 70 Protecting the inhabitants of the valley from the fearful ice-bolts of the mountain. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1789
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