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approximately; with close correspondence, in quality, manner, degree, etc.; as, about as cold; about as high; -- also of quantity, number, time. "There fell . . . about three thousand men." Exod. xxii. 28.

us or purulent matter in any tissue or organ of the body, the result of a morbid process. Cold abscess, an abscess of slow formation, unattended with the pain and heat characteristic of ordinary abscesses, and lasting for years without exhibiting any tendency towards healing; a chronic abscess.

Strictly accordant with true morality. Darwin. And now his voice accordant to the string. Coldsmith.

to make suitable; to fit. [Obs.] The land about is exceedingly addicted to wood, but the coldness of the place hinders the growth. Evelyn.

To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon. As might affect the earth with cold heat. Milton. The climate affected their health and spirits. Macaulay.

Assumed artificially; not natural. Affected coldness and indifference. Addison.

usion; also, abundance of property; wealth. And old age of elegance, affluence, and ease. Coldsmith.

mazement; showing signs of terror or horror. Aghast he waked; and, starting from his bed, Cold sweat in clammy drops his limbs o'erspread. Dryden. The commissioners read and stood aghast. Macaulay.

An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits.

Having the qualities of an ague; somewhat cold or shivering; chilly; shaky. Her aguish love now glows and burns. Granville.

A particular state of the atmosphere, as respects heat, cold, moisture, etc., or as affecting the sensations; as, a smoky air, a damp air, the morning air, etc.

Cold; chilly. Bailey. Algid cholera (Med.), Asiatic cholera.

Chilliness; coldness; especially (Med.),

Producing cold.

Cold; chilliness.

Characterized by wrangling; scolding. [R.] Fielding.

; alternate succession, performance, or occurrence; as, the alternation of day and night, cold and heat, summer and winter, hope and fear.

A kind of cold cream prepared from almonds, for chapped hands, etc.

Start modified by heat so as to become a transparent mass, like horn. It is soluble in cold water.

t congeal and freeze, only it will lose the strength, and become appalled in extremity of cold. Holland.