ballicatter v also ballicader [phonetics unavailable]. See BALLICAT'TER n. To cover with a layer of ice.
   [c1900] 1978 RLS 8, p. 24 A vessel or the shore is said to be ballicadered when this fringe of frozen ice attaches to her. T 31/2-64 My face was frore, my collars was frore and everything was ballicattered... I couldn't hear her now, way I was muffled up, 'cause I was ballicattered up—I was frore up.

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