Icing

Icing
Ice Ice ([imac]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Iced} ([imac]st); p. pr. & vb. n. {Icing} ([imac]"s[i^]ng).] 1. To cover with ice; to convert into ice, or into something resembling ice. [1913 Webster]

2. To cover with icing, or frosting made of sugar and milk or white of egg; to frost, as cakes, tarts, etc. [1913 Webster]

3. To chill or cool, as with ice; to freeze. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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Synonyms:
, (for coating cake)


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  • Icing — I cing, n. A coating or covering resembling ice, as of sugar and milk or white of egg; frosting. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • icing — (n.) 1769 in the confectionary sense, verbal noun of ICE (Cf. ice) (v.). Earlier in this sense was simple ice (1723). Meaning process of becoming covered with ice is from 1881 …   Etymology dictionary

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