It is semantically correct to use the figure element for icons like this:
<figure class="icon clouds"></figure>
This represents a icon aside a nav item.
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no its definitely not: http://html5doctor.com/the-figure-figcaption-elements/
you can’t remove it from the flow of the document. It its not next to the navigation point, it makes no more sense.
Just use a span or a :before pseudo element.