v. i. (Metal.) To become surface-hardened by sudden cooling while solidifying; as, some kinds of cast iron chill to a greater depth than others. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Chilled p. pr. & vb. n. Chilling. ] 1. To strike with a chill; to make chilly; to cause to shiver; to affect with cold. [ 1913 Webster ]

When winter chilled the day. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To check enthusiasm or warmth of feeling of; to depress; to discourage. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every thought on God chills the gayety of his spirits. Rogers. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Metal.) To produce, by sudden cooling, a change of crystallization at or near the surface of, so as to increase the hardness; said of cast iron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. cele, cyle, from the same root as celan, calan, to be cold; akin to D. kil cold, coldness, Sw. kyla to chill, and E. cool. See Cold, and cf. Cool. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A moderate but disagreeable degree of cold; a disagreeable sensation of coolness, accompanied with shivering. “[ A ] wintry chill.” W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) A sensation of cold with convulsive shaking of the body, pinched face, pale skin, and blue lips, caused by undue cooling of the body or by nervous excitement, or forming the precursor of some constitutional disturbance, as of a fever. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A check to enthusiasm or warmth of feeling; discouragement; as, a chill comes over an assembly. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. An iron mold or portion of a mold, serving to cool rapidly, and so to harden, the surface of molten iron brought in contact with it. Raymond. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The hardened part of a casting, as the tread of a car wheel. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chill and fever, fever and ague. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Moderately cold; tending to cause shivering; chilly; raw. [ 1913 Webster ]

Noisome winds, and blasting vapors chill. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Affected by cold. “My veins are chill.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Characterized by coolness of manner, feeling, etc.; lacking enthusiasm or warmth; formal; distant; as, a chill reception. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Discouraging; depressing; dispiriting. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Hardened on the surface or edge by chilling; as, chilled iron; a chilled wheel. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Paint.) Having that cloudiness or dimness of surface that is called “blooming.” [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Chili. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A state or sensation of being chilly; a disagreeable sensation of coldness. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A moderate degree of coldness; disagreeable coldness or rawness; as, the chilliness of the air. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Formality; lack of warmth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Making chilly or cold; depressing; discouraging; cold; distant; as, a chilling breeze; a chilling manner.

-- Chill"ing"ly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Coolness; coldness; a chill. [ 1913 Webster ]

Death is the chillness that precedes the dawn. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Moderately cold; cold and raw or damp so as to cause shivering; causing or feeling a disagreeable sensation of cold, or a shivering. [ 1913 Webster ]