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— William Blake

Tyger, tyger, burning bright

In the forests of the night,

What immortal hand or eye

Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

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To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.

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ice shelf

Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/ˈaɪs ˌʃɛlf/

A thick, floating platform of ice that forms where a glacier or ice sheet flows down to a coastline and onto the ocean surface. Ice shelves are found in Antarctica, Greenland, and Canada only.

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shelf iceice-shelficeshelfice barriericebergice footice-footice field

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