Yce

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of ice. alt-of, obsolete, uncountable

    "If thou doſt marry, Ile giue thee / This plague to thy dowry: / Be thou as chaſte as yce, as pure as ſnowe, / Thou ſhalt not ſcape calumny, to a Nunnery goe."

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"If thou doſt marry, Ile giue thee / This plague to thy dowry: / Be thou as chaſte as yce, as pure as ſnowe, / Thou ſhalt not ſcape calumny, to a Nunnery goe."

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