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noun

Icing n. A coating or covering resembling ice, as of sugar and milk or white of egg; frosting.

verb

ice v. t. (past & past part. iced; pres. part. icing)

To cover with ice; to convert into ice, or into something resembling ice.

To cover with icing, or frosting made of sugar and milk or white of egg; to frost, as cakes, tarts, etc.; as, iced cupcakes with a pink icing look delicious.

To chill or cool, as with ice; to freeze.

To kill. (slang)

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Etymology of 'Icing'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Icing" Quotes from Famous Books

... coal is wasted, but there still remains another source of waste at the mines. This is a large but unknown quantity. Coal usually exists in beds or layers with shale or rock between, much as a "layer-cake" is made, the layers of cake being represented by the coal and the icing between by these "rock-partings," as they are called. In rich fields, there are from three to ten of these rich layers or beds of coal, one above another. It often happens that the thickest and best layer ...

— Checking the Waste - A Study in Conservation • Mary Huston Gregory

... a little sad streak in it, owing to the fire getting low while it was baking, but that wasn't to say her fault altogether, as I told her I'd look after the fire while she picked out walnuts for the icing. ...

— The Comings of Cousin Ann • Emma Speed Sampson

... sorrow for a short time. And cook was sorry for Kenneth and sent him up a very nice dinner and a very nice tea. Roast chicken and gooseberry pie the dinner was, and for tea there was cake with almond icing ...

— The Magic World • Edith Nesbit

... thought what else would she buy: she wanted to buy something really nice. They would be sure to have plenty of apples and nuts. It was hard to know what to buy and all she could think of was cake. She decided to buy some plumcake but Downes's plumcake had not enough almond icing on top of it so she went over to a shop in Henry Street. Here she was a long time in suiting herself and the stylish young lady behind the counter, who was evidently a little annoyed by her, asked ...

— Dubliners • James Joyce

... groves of orchids and lilies and white roses—an inhabited continent, evidently, for there were three marvelous, gleaming buildings: one in the center and one at each end, white miracles wrought by some inspired craftsman in sculptural icing. They were models in miniature, and they represented the Sheridan Building, the Sheridan Apartments, and the Pump Works. Nearly all the guests recognized them without having to be told what they were, and ...

— The Turmoil - A Novel • Booth Tarkington

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