a. Moderately cold; cold and raw or damp so as to cause shivering; causing or feeling a disagreeable sensation of cold, or a shivering. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. [ Phillyrin + -gen + -in. ] (Chem.) A pearly crystalline substance obtained by the decomposition of phillyrin. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;. ] (Bot.) A genus of evergreen plants growing along the shores of the Mediterranean, and bearing a fruit resembling that of the olive. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Chem.) A glucoside extracted from Phillyrea as a bitter white crystalline substance. It is sometimes used as a febrifuge. [ 1913 Webster ]
I am somewhat dainty in making a resolution, because when I make it, I keep it; I don't stand shill-I-shall-I then; if I say 't, I'll do 't. Congreve. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To hesitate; to act in an irresolute manner; hence, to occupy one's self with trifles. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Irresolution; hesitation; also, occupation with trifles. [ 1913 Webster ]
She lost not one of her forty-five minutes in picking and choosing, -- no shilly-shally in Kate. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]