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Icing

noun

The formation of frost or ice on a surface. Synonym: frost.

A flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes. Synonyms: frosting, ice.

(ice hockey) the act of shooting the puck from within your own defensive area the length of the rink beyond the opponent's goal. Synonym: icing the puck.

Ice

verb

(past & past part. iced; pres. part. icing)

Decorate with frosting. Synonym: frost.

Cause to become ice or icy.

Put ice on or put on ice.

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"Icing" Quotes from Famous Books

... of an hour or so we ploughed through these shells, which must have numbered tens of thousands, making various conjectures as to their origin, until our host, who had been below superintending the icing of the champagne, came on deck and explained that they undoubtedly were from an incubator in which ducks had just been hatched. This was new to me, so I asked him for details, but he replied that beyond knowing of the incubators and that ...

— Life and sport in China - Second Edition • Oliver G. Ready

... for Richard any more, and that there was no one else in the world for whom she wished to be ready. But she must be schooled by the spectacle of the earth, for here it was shining fair, and yet it had nothing to expect; it was but the icing of a cake destined for some ...

— The Judge • Rebecca West

... at noon, leaving half the cakes to do on her return. A large bowl of chocolate icing stood on the table, ...

— Rosemary • Josephine Lawrence

... their thoughts were with their parents, but Madame Coudert was so cheerful herself; and kept them so busy they had no time to mope. Pierrette helped make the little cakes, and Pierre scraped the remains of the icing from the mixing-bowl and ate it lest any be wasted. In some ways Pierre was a very thrifty boy. Then, too, Madame Coudert allowed them to stand behind the counter and help wait upon the customers. Moreover, there was Fifine, the cat, for Pierrette to play with, and the little raveled-out dog lived ...

— The French Twins • Lucy Fitch Perkins

... got t' boat in t' water at last, and pulled out toward t' floe, but ne'er a sign could I make out of Uncle Johnnie. There weren't a moment for waste, for spray was drifting over t' punt, and she was icing up that fast that if we lost much time I knew that it was good-bye to home for both of us. So I had to risk hauling her up on t' ice, while I ran along t' edge, shouting for all I knew. I hadn't gone many ...

— Labrador Days - Tales of the Sea Toilers • Wilfred Thomason Grenfell

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