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The state of being cool; a moderate degree of cold; a moderate degree, or a want, of passion; want of ardor, zeal, or affection; calmness.

A moderate but disagreeable degree of cold; a disagreeable sensation of coolness, accompanied with shivering. "[A] wintry chill." W. Irving.

Coolness; coldness; a chill. Death is the chillness that precedes the dawn. Longfellow.

Moderately cold; between warm and cold; lacking in warmth; producing or promoting coolness. Fanned with cool winds. Milton.

That strength or firmness of mind which enables a person to encounter danger with coolness and courage, or to bear pain or adversity without murmuring, depression, or despondency; passive courage; resolute endurance; firmness in confronting or bearing up against danger or enduring trouble. Extolling patience as the tru…

Freshness; coolness. [R.] Dryden.

A cool, refreshing state of the air; duskiness; coolness; shade. [R.] Prior.

ind; self-command in personal danger, or under suffering; unshaken courage and endurance; coolness; pluck; resolution.

Indifference; carelessness; coolness.

Freedom from agitation or excitement of mind; coolness in trying circumstances; indifference; calmness. Burke.

, or expertness, regarded as the result of knowledge of laws and principles. His science, coolness, and great strength. G. A. Lawrence.

Calmness of mind; eveness of temper; undisturbed state; coolness; composure. I can not see how any men should ever transgress those moral rules with confidence and serenity. Locke.

abitual freedom from enthusiasm, inordinate passion, or overheated imagination; calmness; coolness; gravity; seriousness; as, the sobriety of riper years. Mirth makes them not mad, Nor sobriety sad. Denham.