ices — the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
refrains — to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
scrubs — to rub hard with a brush, cloth, etc., or against a rough surface in washing.
noun curbs
barriers — anything built or serving to bar passage, as a railing, fence, or the like: People may pass through the barrier only when their train is announced.
reins — Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
borders — administrative division of S Scotland, on the English border: 1,800 sq mi (4,662 sq km); pop. 101,000
brakes — any of several large or coarse ferns, especially the bracken, Pteridium aquilinum.
