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1. Representation of icicles or falling water occurs in rustication and is known as congelation: it is often a feature of fountains, grottoes, hermitages, nymphaea, etc.

2. Motif in Rococo ornament, often associated with Chinoiserie, resembling icicles.

n. pure cocaine in a crystallized form. (Drugs.)  Are icicles the same as crack?

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IN BRIEF: A pointed, hanging piece of ice formed by water freezing as it drips.

I had stopped to watch a family of brilliant icicles drip-dripping from the eaves of a frame house. — Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977), Russian-born U.S. novelist, poet. The Vane Sisters, Nabokov’s Quartet (1966).

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - istap

Nederlands (Dutch)
ijspegel

Français (French)
n. - stalactite (de glace)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Eiszapfen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - παγοκρύσταλλος, σταλακτίτης πάγου

Italiano (Italian)
ghiacciolo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pingente (m) de gelo

Русский (Russian)
сосулька

Español (Spanish)
n. - carámbano

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - istapp, ispigg

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
冰柱, 垂冰

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 冰柱, 垂冰

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 고드름, 냉담한 사람

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 氷柱, 冷たい人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) كتله جليديه مدلاة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮נטיף קרח‬

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