icicle• In fact, iciclesoccur when water cascades over the edge of the roof.• Big, long icicles hanging from the eaves are not necessarily a sign of ice dams.• He found himself moving forward once more, the wind still pressing against his shoulders, whipping his face with rainicicles.• There is in them a warmth that melts the icicle.• Sebald tossedicicles into the chimney, which disbursed warmth throughout the cottage.• His blue-grey eyes were as cold as a Siberian winter, and Polly felt as though she had been impaled by twinicicles.• No need to swing the axe here, just slot the picks on to the cracks between the weldedicicles.
Originicicle
(1300-1400)ice + ickle“icicle”((14-19 centuries)) (from Old Englishgicel)