Part 1860

<cs><col>Chill and fever</col>, <cd>fever and ague.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Chill</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Moderately cold; tending to cause shivering; chilly; raw.</def>

<blockquote>Noisome winds, and blasting vapors <b>chill</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Affected by cold.</def> "My veins are <i>chill</i>."

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Characterized by coolness of manner, feeling, etc.; lacking enthusiasm or warmth; formal; distant; <as>as, a <ex>chill</ex> reception</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Discouraging; depressing; dispiriting.</def>

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<hw>Chill</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Chilled</er> <tt>(ch\'ccld)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Chilling</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To strike with a chill; to make chilly; to cause to shiver; to affect with cold.</def>

<blockquote>When winter <b>chilled</b> the day. <i>Goldsmith.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To check enthusiasm or warmth of feeling of; to depress; to discourage.</def>

<blockquote>Every thought on God <b>chills</b> the gayety of his spirits. <i>Rogers.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Metal.)</fld> <def>To produce, by sudden cooling, a change of crystallization at or near the surface of, so as to increase the hardness; said of cast iron.</def>

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<hw>Chill</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <fld>(Metal.)</fld> <def>To become surface-hardened by sudden cooling while solidifying; <as>as, some kinds of cast iron <ex>chill</ex> to a greater depth than others</as>.</def>

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<hw>Chilled</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Hardened on the surface or edge by chilling; <as>as, <ex>chilled</ex> iron; a <ex>chilled</ex> wheel.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Paint.)</fld> <def>Having that cloudiness or dimness of surface that is called "<i>blooming</i>."</def>

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<hw>Chil"li</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Chili</er>.</def>

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<hw>Chill"i*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A state or sensation of being chilly; a disagreeable sensation of coldness.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A moderate degree of coldness; disagreeable coldness or rawness; <as>as, the <ex>chilliness</ex> of the air</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Formality; lack of warmth.</def>

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<hw>Chill"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Making chilly or cold; depressing; discouraging; cold; distant; <as>as, a <ex>chilling</ex> breeze; a <ex>chilling</ex> manner.</as></def>

-- <wordforms><wf>Chill"ing"ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>