Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a jellylike substance (hydrated silica);
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Silicic \Si*lic"ic\, a. [L. silex, silicis, a flint: cf. F.
silicique.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, silica;
specifically, designating compounds of silicon; as, silicic
acid.
[1913 Webster]
Silicic acid (Chem.), an amorphous gelatinous substance,
Si(HO)4, very unstable and easily dried to silica, but
forming many stable salts; -- called also orthosilicic
acid or normal silicic acid.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
silicic acid
n 1: a jellylike substance (hydrated silica)