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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.

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

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

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.

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

Characterized by coldness, as of manner, influence, etc.; chilling; frigid; cold. Icy was the deportment with which Philip received these demonstrations of affection. Motley.

The quality or state of being inexorable. Chillingworth.

The act of chilling or causing to become cold; a chilling; coldness; congelation. [Obs.] Boyle.

interval. [R.] And a' shall laugh without intervallums. Shak. In one of these intervalla. Chillingworth.

Having the form or image of Mercury; -- applied to ancient guideposts. [Obs.] Chillingworth.

Thorough investigation. [Obs.] Chillingworth.

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