chill

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1. 1.(Med.) 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.
2. 2.A check to enthusiasm or warmth of feeling; discouragement; as, a chill comes over an assemblly.
3. 3.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. Raymond.
4. 4.The hardened part of a casting, as the tread of a car wheel. Knight. Chill and fever, fever and ague.
5. 5.Moderately cold; tending to cause shivering; chilly; raw. Noisome winds, and blasting vapors chill. Milton.
6. 6.Affected by cold. "My veins are chill." Shak.
7. 7.Characterized by coolness of manner, feeling, etc.; lacking enthusiasm or warmth; formal; distant; as, a chill reception.
8. 8.Discouraging; depressing; dispiriting.
9. 9.To strike with a chill; to make chilly; to cause to shiver; to affect with cold. When winter chilled the day. Goldsmith.
10. 10.To check enthusiasm or warmth of feeling of; to depress; to discourage. Every thought on God chills the gayety of his spirits. Rogers.
11. 11.(Metal.) 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.
12. 12.To become surface-hardened by sudden cooling while solidifying; as, some kinds of cast iron chill to a greater depth than others.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is a check to enthusiasm or warmth of feeling; discouragement; as, a chill comes over an assemblly called?
• What is 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. Raymond called?
• What is the hardened part of a casting, as the tread of a car wheel. Knight. Chill and fever, fever and ague called?
• What is moderately cold; tending to cause shivering; chilly; raw. Noisome winds, and blasting vapors chill. Milton called?
• What is affected by cold. "My veins are chill." Shak called?
• What is characterized by coolness of manner, feeling, etc.; lacking enthusiasm or warmth; formal; distant; as, a chill reception called?
• What is to strike with a chill; to make chilly; to cause to shiver; to affect with cold. When winter chilled the day. Goldsmith called?
• What is to check enthusiasm or warmth of feeling of; to depress; to discourage. Every thought on God chills the gayety of his spirits. Rogers called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is to become surface-hardened by sudden cooling while solidifying; as, some kinds of cast iron chill to a greater depth than others called?