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Firm; stiff; hard; also, chilly. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

duty." Proudfit. That's your true plan -- to obligate The present ministers of state. Churchill.

ally, easily moved to anger; irascible; quick-tempered; as, a passionate nature. Homer's Achilles is haughty and passionate. Prior.

Thorough investigation. [Obs.] Chillingworth.

To appease to render favorable; to make propitious; to conciliate. Let fierce Achilles, dreadful in his rage, The god propitiate, and the pest assuage. Pope.

One who propounds, proposes, or offers for consideration. Chillingworth.

ent of multiple abscesses throughout the body, and is attended with irregularly recurring chills, fever, profuse sweating, and exhaustion.

Disagreeably damp or cold; chilly; as, a raw wind. "A raw and gusty day." Shak. Raw material, material that has not been subjected to a (specified) process of manufacture; as, ore is the raw material used in smelting; leather is the raw material of the shoe industry. -- Raw pig, cast iron as it comes from the smelting…

To chill; to cool. [Obs.] Refreyded by sickness . . . or by cold drinks. Chaucer.

A sense of chilliness, with contraction of the skin; a convulsive shuddering or tremor, as in the chill preceeding a fever. Rigor caloris ( Etym: [L., rigor of heat] (Physiol.), a form of rigor mortis induced by heat, as when the muscle of a mammal is heated to about 50ºC. -- Rigor mortis ( Etym: [L. , rigor of death]…

the absorption into it of septic or putrescent material; blood poisoning. It is marked by chills, fever, prostration, and inflammation of the different serous membranes and of the lungs, kidneys, and other organs.

Evening air; night chill. [Obs.] "Some serene blast me." B. Jonson.

vail one's self of; to make use of. [A Gallicism] I will serve myself of this concession. Chillingworth. -- To serve out, to distribute; as, to serve out rations. -- To serve the time or the hour, to regulate one's actions by the requirements of the time instead of by one's duty; to be a timeserver. [Obs.] They think…

shut, the imperfection in a casting caused by the flowing of liquid metal upon partially chilled metal; also, the imperfect weld in a forging caused by the inadequate heat of one surface under working.

A European herbaceous plant (Achillea Ptarmica) allied to the yarrow, having a strong, pungent smell.

To fawn; to cringe; to be obsequious. [R.] Churchill.

The act of staring; a fixed look with eyes wide open. "A dull and stupid stare." Churchill.

for then a Turk would have as much reason to be a Turk as a Christian to be a Christian. Chillingworth.

Capable of being understood; intelligible. Chillingworth.

A large burrowing South American rodent (Lagostomus trichodactylus) allied to the chinchillas, but much larger. Its fur is soft and rather long, mottled gray above, white or yellowish white beneath. There is a white band across the muzzle, and a dark band on each cheek. It inhabits grassy plains, and is noted for its e…