ice-bolt (n.) an avalanche.

The earlier meaning of the word was "a piercing sensation of cold". In more recent times it has become a synonym for avalanche. I have gone more for the original meaning here. Also, I have used the plural form, to give me an even number of lines for the acrostic. Lastly, if this is based in part on actual events, they were a long time ago.

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My much-treasured Christmas present for 2017 is a book by Paul Anthony Jones: "The cabinet of linguistic curiosities". Each page contains a descriptive story about some obscure or archaic word. It occurred to me it would be a fun exercise to try and write, each day, a poem featuring the "word of the day" from the book.

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