I″ci‐cle (?), n. [OE. isikel, AS. īsgicel; īs ice + gicel icicle; akin to Icel. jökull; cf. Gael. eigh ice, Ir. aigh.] A pendent, and usually conical, mass of ice, formed by freezing of dripping water; as, the icicles on the eaves of a house.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.