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Webster 1913 Edition

Iceberg

Ice′bergˊ

,
Noun.
[Prob. of Scand. origin; cf. Dan.
iisbierg
, Sw.
isberg
, properly, a mountain of ice. See
Ice
, and
Berg
.]
A large mass of ice, generally floating in the ocean.
☞ Icebergs are large detached portions of glaciers, which in cold regions often project into the sea.

Webster 1828 Edition

Iceberg

ICEBERG

,
Noun.
[ice and a hill.] A hill or mountain of ice, or a vast body of ice accumulated in valleys in high northern latitudes.
This term is applied to such elevated masses as exist in the valleys of the frigid zones; to those which are found on the surface of fixed ice; and to ice of great thickness and highth in a floating state. These lofty floating masses are sometimes detached from the icebergs on shore, and sometimes formed at a distance from any land. They are found in both the frigid zones, and are sometimes carried towards the equator as low as 40 degrees.

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