Which preposition to use with ices

in Occurrences 205%

"Now," added the orator, "if any man in the world could have made ice in the summer, it was Washington; and if he could have made it, I am sure he would have given it to me.

of Occurrences 93%

The surface snow, though sprinkled with stones shot down from the cliffs, was in some places almost pure, gradually becoming crystalline and changing to whitish porous ice of different shades of color, and this again changing at a depth of 20 or 30 feet to blue ice, some of the ribbon-like bands of which were nearly pure, and blended with the paler bands in the most gradual and delicate manner imaginable.

on Occurrences 84%

Having manned our craft, we purchased a colossal refrigerator in which to put our Bass and Weak Fish, laid in a stock of cold provisionsamong other things a Cold Shoulderplenty of exhilarating beverages, and, with Buoyant Spirits, (every Man of us,) and plenty of ice on board, started on the slack of the Morning Tide.

for Occurrences 64%

In the coldest days of Winter I must break the ice for fishing; With my nets you never help me!

from Occurrences 50%

Between the west side of this icy bay and the ocean all the ground, high and low, excepting the peaks of the Fairweather Range, is covered with a mantle of ice from 1000 to probably 3000 feet thick, which discharges by many distinct mouths.

to Occurrences 45%

Take on an Indian guide there to Nushagak, and from there with dogs across the ocean ice to Kadiak.

with Occurrences 44%

It was funny to see them stumbling over the ice with a man supporting them on each side.

at Occurrences 41%

There is a laborious lunatic who makes ice at the fair of the American Institute, with the thermometer at 80° or so in the shade.

before Occurrences 17%

" Captain Willoughby did not know it, while speaking, but, at that moment, quite two miles of the lower, or southern end of the lake, was clear, and the opening giving a sweep to the breeze, the latter was already driving the sheets of ice before it, towards the head, at a rate of quite a mile in the hour.

around Occurrences 15%

Sir W. Thomson tells us that the accumulation of something more than a foot of ice around the poles (which implies the withdrawal of, say, an inch of water from the general surface of the sea) will cause the earth to rotate quicker by one-tenth of a second per annum.

over Occurrences 14%

But the whizz of the flight had already begun and the scooter's nose was set toward Twin Coves, her sail skimming swiftly with the ring of the steel against the ice over the shining surface of the bay.

by Occurrences 13%

In June small flecks of the dead, decaying sod begin to appear, gradually widening and uniting with one another, covered with creeping rags of water during the day, and ice by night, looking as hopeless and unvital as crushed rocks just emerging from the darkness of the glacial period.

about Occurrences 12%

The Yukon River is generally clear of ice about May 15.

until Occurrences 11%

Mix all well together and turn into a mold and stand on ice until cold.

between Occurrences 11%

Off Victoria Barrier (a perpendicular wall of ice between one and two hundred feet above the level of the sea) the bottom of the ocean was covered with a stratum of pure white or green mud, composed principally of the silicious shells of the Diatomaceoe.

into Occurrences 9%

The sun gave birth to a network of sweet-voiced rills that ran gracefully down the glacier, curling and swirling in their shining channels, and cutting clear sections through the porous surface-ice into the solid blue, where the structure of the glacier was beautifully illustrated.

near Occurrences 9%

"Some years ago a whale fleet was caught in the ice near Point Barrow, and in danger of starving to death, and word of this was sent to the government.

under Occurrences 9%

Jack became conscious of a peculiar undulating movement to the ice under his feet.

along Occurrences 8%

The ranks of shattered ice along the shore are claimed again as the flood widens and licks them in.

like Occurrences 7%

They piled them on the ice like cord-wood.

as Occurrences 6%

lest many lives go out with the ice as aforetime.

towards Occurrences 5%

A few went up, over the way they had come, to die after all on the Pass, and some went down, their white, despairing faces disappearing round the Klondyke bend as they drifted with the grinding ice towards the Arctic Circle, where the food was caught in the floes.

up Occurrences 5%

The gale would drive the drift ice up the Gulf and pack the floes.

against Occurrences 5%

The darkness of the night, the roaring of the wind and sea, and the dashing of the waves and ice against the rocks, filled the travellers with sensations of awe and horror, so as almost to deprive them of the power of utterance.

off Occurrences 4%

Facing p. 90 Winter Quarters at Cape Evans 94 Lillie and Dr. Levick Sorting a Trawl Catch 101 Seals Basking on Newly-formed Pancake Ice off Cape Evans 106 Lieut.

Which preposition to use with  ices