glaciatev.
/ˈɡleɪsɪeɪt/, /ˈɡleɪʃɪeɪt/, U.S. /ˈɡleɪʃiˌeɪt/ a. intransitive. (See quot.)
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1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Glaciate, to be frozen, to turne to Ice.
1755 in S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. ; and in later Dicts.
b. transitive. To freeze.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > make cold [verb (transitive)] > freeze
congeal1393
engeal14..
freezea1513
glaciate1656
anneala1763
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Glaciate, to congeal or freeze, to turn to ice.
1721 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.
2. Geology. Only in passive participle glaciated.
a. Rubbed or polished by glacial action.
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1865 Reader 9 Sept. 297 All that we know at present..is that they have been glaciated in some form.
1876 C. H. Davis Narr. North Polar Exped. Ship Polaris App. 661 Rocky surfaces which have once been glaciated, if I may thus express the peculiar action of ice upon rocks..can never be mistaken for anything else.
1894 Chambers's Jrnl. 1 Sept. 556 Some of the paving flags are basalt blocks, perhaps glaciated.
b. Covered with ice; furnished with glaciers.
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1880 A. R. Wallace Island Life vii. 108 The comparatively small Heard Island is even now glaciated down to the sea.
1887 H. H. Howorth Mammoth & Flood xx I do not believe..in the possibility of tropical America being so glaciated that the valley of the Amazon was filled with ice.
3. technical. ‘To give an ice-like or frosted appearance to’ ( Cent. Dict. 1889).
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1887 U.S. Consular Rep. XXI. 215 [Iron] chimneys, oven, etc...not enamelled, glaciated, or tinned.
Derivatives
ˈglaciated adj.
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the world > the earth > water > ice > [adjective] > covered with ice
icyOE
rony1639
iced1817
glaciated1861
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > glaciation > [adjective]
glaciated1861
the world > the earth > water > ice > body of ice > glacier > [adjective] > having or covered with
glaciered1824
glaciated1861
1861 H. Macmillan Footnotes from Nature 76 The..deep striæ or flutings peculiar to glaciated surfaces.
1875 J. Croll Climate & Time xiv. 233 But when the glaciated hemisphere began to grow warmer [etc.].
1887 Academy 26 Nov. 355 Those fertile mountain spots met with in all glaciated countries.
ˈglaciating adj.
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the world > the earth > water > ice > body of ice > glacier > [adjective] > that forms glaciers
glaciating1665
1665 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 1 48 What change was produced in it [water] betwixt the hottest time of Summer and first glaciating degree of Cold.
1881 G. M. Dawson in Nature 27 Jan. 291/1 The glaciating agent has swept completely..over it.
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