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<hw>Chil"i*a*gon</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ a thousand + <?/ angle.]</ety> <def>A plane figure of a thousand angles and sides.</def>

<i>Barlow.</i>

<h1>Chiliahedron</h1> <Xpage=248>

<hw>Chil"i*a*hedron</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ a thousand + <?/ base, fr. <?/ to sit.]</ety> <def>A figure bounded by a thousand plane surfaces</def> <altsp>[Spelt also <asp>chilia\'89dron</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Chilian</h1> <Xpage=248>

<hw>Chil"i*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to Chili.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def> A native or citizen of Chili.</def></def2>

<h1>Chilian, Chiliarch</h1> <Xpage=248>

<hw><hw>Chil"i*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Chil"i*arch`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <?/; <?/ a thousand + <?/ leader, <?/ to lead.]</ety> <def>The commander or chief of a thousand men.</def>

<h1>Chiliarchy</h1> <Xpage=248>

<hw>Chil"i*arch`y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/.]</ety> <def>A body consisting of a thousand men.</def>

<i>Mitford.</i>

<h1>Chiliasm</h1> <Xpage=248>

<hw>Chil"i*asm</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, fr. <?/. See Chiliad.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The millennium.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The doctrine of the personal reign of Christ on earth during the millennium.</def>

<h1>Chiliast</h1> <Xpage=248>

<hw>Chil"i*ast</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/. See <er>Chiliasm</er>.]</ety> <def>One who believes in the second coming of Christ to reign on earth a thousand years; a milllenarian.</def>

<h1>Chiliastic</h1> <Xpage=248>

<hw>Chili*astic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Millenarian.</def> "The obstruction offered by the <i>chiliastic</i> errors."

<i>J. A. Alexander.</i>

<h1>Chill</h1> <Xpage=248>

<hw>Chill</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>cele</ets>, <ets>cyle</ets>, from the same root as <ets>celan</ets>, <ets>calan</ets>, to be cold; akin to D. <ets>kil</ets> cold, coldness, Sw. <ets>kyla</ets> to chill, and E. <ets>cool</ets>. See <er>Cold</er>, and cf. <er>Cool</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A moderate but disagreeable degree of cold; a disagreeable sensation of coolness, accompanied with shivering.</def> " wintry <i>chill</i>." <i>W. Irving.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A sensation of cold with convulsive shaking of the body, pinched face, pale skin, and blue lips, caused by undue cooling of the body or by nervous excitement, or forming the precursor of some constitutional disturbance, as of a fever.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A check to enthusiasm or warmth of feeling; discouragement; <as>as, a <ex>chill</ex> comes over an assemblly</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>An iron mold or portion of a mold, serving to cool rapidly, and so to harden, the surface of molten iron brought in contact with it.</def>

<i>Raymond.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>The hardened part of a casting, as the tread of a car wheel.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

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