ice-scoured
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of ice-scoured
First recorded in 1935–40
Example Sentences
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In its bed, among muddy pools of water and ice-scoured rocks, he wandered, picking up fat nugget-gold.
From Smoke Bellew by London, Jack
Over the ice-scoured rocks, and above the timber-line, the trail ran around Crater Lake and gained the rocky defile that led toward Happy Camp and the first scrub pines.
From Smoke Bellew by London, Jack
Over the ice-scoured rocks and above the timber-line, the trail ran around Crater Lake and gained the rocky defile that led toward Happy Camp and the first scrub-pines.
From Smoke Bellew by London, Jack
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