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a. 1. Moderately cold; tending to cause shivering; chilly; raw. [ 1913 Webster ]

Noisome winds, and blasting vapors chill. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Affected by cold. “My veins are chill.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Characterized by coolness of manner, feeling, etc.; lacking enthusiasm or warmth; formal; distant; as, a chill reception. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Discouraging; depressing; dispiriting. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Chilled p. pr. & vb. n. Chilling. ] 1. To strike with a chill; to make chilly; to cause to shiver; to affect with cold. [ 1913 Webster ]

When winter chilled the day. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To check enthusiasm or warmth of feeling of; to depress; to discourage. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every thought on God chills the gayety of his spirits. Rogers. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. (Metal.) To become surface-hardened by sudden cooling while solidifying; as, some kinds of cast iron chill to a greater depth than others. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Hardened on the surface or edge by chilling; as, chilled iron; a chilled wheel. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Paint.) Having that cloudiness or dimness of surface that is called “blooming.” [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Chili. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A state or sensation of being chilly; a disagreeable sensation of coldness. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A moderate degree of coldness; disagreeable coldness or rawness; as, the chilliness of the air. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Formality; lack of warmth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Making chilly or cold; depressing; discouraging; cold; distant; as, a chilling breeze; a chilling manner.

-- Chill"ing"ly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Coolness; coldness; a chill. [ 1913 Webster ]

Death is the chillness that precedes the dawn. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]