2. (Geol.) To produce glacial effects upon, as in the scoring
of rocks, transportation of loose material, etc.
[1913 Webster]
{Glaciated rocks}, rocks whose surfaces have been smoothed, furrowed, or striated, by the action of ice. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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