ice-scoured
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of ice-scoured
First recorded in 1935–40
Example Sentences
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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 Jack London
In its bed, among muddy pools of water and ice-scoured rocks, he wandered, picking up fat nugget-gold.
From Smoke Bellew by Jack London
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 Jack London
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