ice islen.
/ˈʌɪs ʌɪl/, U.S. /ˈaɪs ˌaɪl/ = ice-island n.
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the world > the earth > water > ice > body of ice > [noun] > ice-field or pack-ice
ice field1694
field1695
ice-island1750
field ice1772
ice isle1777
pack1791
stream1817
ice pack1835
pedregal1839
pack ice1842
stream-ice1856
the world > the earth > water > ice > body of ice > iceberg > [noun] > extensive
ice-island1750
ice isle1777
1777 J. Cook Voy. S. Pole II. iv. vii. 241 We cannot suppose that snow alone..can form..such a variety of high peaks and hills as we saw on many of the ice isles.
1807 J. Barlow Columbiad i. 49 The loosen'd ice-isles o'er the main advance.
1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 353 Dark wretched thoughts like ice-isles in a stream, Choke up my mind and clash.
1920 H. Leverage Shepherd of Sea xi. 214 The whaleboat passed among ice isles that slowly turned in the great river's current.
1987 G. Wolfe Urth of New Sun vii. 50 Possibly the loveliest things of all are the ice isles that sail up like argosies from the south... But nothing can live on those ice isles.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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