Search the Dictionary

See Chili.

A moderate degree of coldness; disagreeable coldness or rawness; as, the chilliness of the air.

Making chilly or cold; depressing; discouraging; cold; distant; as, a chilling breeze; a chilling manner. -- Chill"ing"ly, adv.

Any one of several small German and Dutch coins, worth from about one and a half cents to about five cents.

A respecter; a viewer with partiality. [Obs.] God is no accepter of persons. Chillingworth.

Chilliness; coldness; especially (Med.),

Cold; chilliness.

That which is assumed; an assumption. [Obs.] The sun of all your assumpts is this. Chillingworth.

A kind of red pepper. See Capsicum [Written also chilli and chile.]

Hardened on the surface or edge by chilling; as, chilled iron; a chilled wheel.

The sensation produced by the escape of heat; chilliness or chillness. When she saw her lord prepared to part, A deadly cold ran shivering to her heart. Dryden.

Able to exist with another thing; consistent. [R.] Chillingworth.

pitome. [Obs.] Though not a catalogue of fundamentals, yet . . . a comprehension of them. Chillingworth.

ll they who know me . . . will say they have reason in this matter to be my compurgators. Chillingworth.

Manifesting coldness or dislike; chilling; apathetic; as, a cool manner.

Chilling; penetratinn; sharp; as, a cutting wind.

Strength; firmness; stability. [Obs.] Chillingworth.

action of carbon under long-continued pressure at a very high heat, and then to a violent chilling, as by a spray of cold water. This process gives an armor plate a thick surface of extreme hardness supported by material gradually decreasing in hardness to the unaltered soft steel at the back.

eal or fancied bristling of the hair of the head or body, resulting from disease, terror, chilliness, etc.

One who holds a shield over another; hence, a defender. [Obs.] Chillingworth.