(n.) A moderate but disagreeable degree of cold; a disagreeable
sensation of coolness, accompanied with shivering.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A check to enthusiasm or warmth of feeling; discouragement;
as, a chill comes over an assembly.
(n.) 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.
(n.) The hardened part of a casting, as the tread of a car wheel.
(a.) Moderately cold; tending to cause shivering; chilly; raw.
(a.) Affected by cold.
(a.) Characterized by coolness of manner, feeling, etc.; lacking
enthusiasm or warmth; formal; distant; as, a chill reception.
(a.) Discouraging; depressing; dispiriting.
(v. t.) To strike with a chill; to make chilly; to cause to
shiver; to affect with cold.
(v. t.) To check enthusiasm or warmth of feeling of; to depress;
to discourage.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. i.) To become surface-hardened by sudden cooling while
solidifying; as, some kinds of cast iron chill to a greater depth than
others.
