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A sudden or intense sensation of cold; especially, such a sensation accompanied with shivering or shaking, as a result of exposure to the cold or as the precursor or accompaniment of certain fevers; a cold fit; rigor.
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A degree of cold; that condition of the atmosphere or of any object which produces the sensation of cold; coldness such as that caused by the proximity of ice; chilliness: as, there is a chill in the air.
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Figuratively, a feeling as of coldness produced by anything that discourages, annoys, or offends; a depressing influence; a check to warmth of feeling, as to sympathy or enthusiasm.
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A metal mold in which certain kinds of iron-castings, as car-wheels, are made. The surfaces in contact with the mold are hardened by sudden chilling.
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In painting, dullness or dimness in a picture.
Cold; tending to cause shivering: as, the chill air of night. See chilly
Experiencing cold; shivering with cold.
Figuratively— Depressing; dispiriting; discouraging.
Distant; formal; not warm, hearty, or affectionate: as, a chill reception. See chilly, 4.
Insensible in death.
To be cold; shiver with cold.
To become cold rapidly or suddenly.
To affect with cold; make chilly; strike or blast with severe cold.
Figuratively, to check in enthusiasm or warmth of feeling; discourage; dispirit; depress.
In metallurgy, to reduce suddenly in temperature, as a mass of molten iron, so as to harden it by causing a change of crystallization at or near the surface. See casting.
To remove the chill from, as liquor, by warming it.
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A lamp peculiar to Cornball and the extreme west of England, consisting of an open saucer bent up on four sides so as to leave at the corners depressed spouts or gutters for holding wicks. Such lamps are made of earthenware or of metal, and are often fitted with a hanging support.