| Chill (chill) |
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| n. | (ch***ibreve]l) |
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| Chill |
| [AS.
cele, cyle, from the same root as celan,
calan, to be cold; akin to D. kil cold, coldness,
Sw. kyla to chill, and E. cool. See Cold,
and cf. Cool.]
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A moderate but disagreeable degree of
cold; a disagreeable sensation of coolness, accompanied with
shivering.
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.
A check to enthusiasm or warmth of
feeling; discouragement; as, a chill comes over an
assembly.
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.
The hardened part of a casting, as the
tread of a car wheel.
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Moderately cold; tending to cause shivering; chilly;
raw.
Affected by cold.
Characterized by coolness of manner,
feeling, etc.; lacking enthusiasm or warmth; formal; distant; as,
a chill reception.
Discouraging; depressing;
dispiriting.
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To strike
with a chill] to make chilly; to cause to shiver; to affect with
cold.
To check enthusiasm or warmth of
feeling of; to depress; to discourage.
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.
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To become surface-hardened by sudden cooling while
solidifying; as, some kinds of cast iron chill to a
greater depth than others.
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