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The state or quality of being old; old age.

The state or quality of being bold.

The state or quality of being cold.

Multiplicity. Sherwood.

A great or heroic deed; something accomplished by valor, boldness, or praiseworthy exertion; a feat. [The exploits] of the ancient saints . . . do far surpass the most famous achievements of pagan heroes. Barrow. The highest achievements of the human intellect. Macaulay.

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

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

The quality of being aged; oldness. Custom without truth is but agedness of error. Milton.

Chilliness; coldness; especially (Med.),

Excess of boldness; impudence; audacity; as, his assurance is intolerable.

one who is stunned. Hence: Numbness; loss of sensation; stupor; loss of sense. [Obs.] A coldness and astonishment in his loins, as folk say. Holland.

In an audacious manner; with excess of boldness; impudently.

Boldness; impudence; "brass." Imbrowned with native bronze, lo! Henley stands. Pope. Aluminium bronze. See under Aluminium. -- Bronze age, an age of the world which followed the stone age, and was characterized by the use of implements and ornaments of copper or bronze. -- Bronze powder, a metallic powder, used with…

A state or sensation of being chilly; a disagreeable sensation of coldness.

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

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

ter danger and difficulties with firmness, or without fear, or fainting of heart; valor; boldness; resolution. The king-becoming graces . . . Devotion, patience, courage, fortitude, I have no relish of them. Shak. Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it. Addison.…

The quality of daring; venturesomeness; boldness; dash. [R.] It lends a luster . . . A large dare to our great enterprise. Shak.

Boldness; fearlessness; adventurousness; also, a daring act.

of being destitute of life, vigor, spirit, activity, etc.; dullness; inertness; languor; coldness; vapidness; indifference; as, the deadness of a limb, a body, or a tree; the deadness of an eye; deadness of the affections; the deadness of beer or cider; deadness to the world, and the like.