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

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.

5. The hardened part of a casting, as the
tread of a car wheel. Knight.

Chill and fever, fever and
ague.

Chill, a. 1.
Moderately cold; tending to cause shivering; chilly;
raw.

Noisome winds, and blasting vapors
chill.

Milton.

2. Affected by cold. "My veins are
chill." Shak.

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

4. Discouraging; depressing;
dispiriting.

Chill, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Chilled (ch&ibreve;ld); p. pr. & vb.
n. Chilling.] 1. To strike
with a chill; to make chilly; to cause to shiver; to affect with
cold.


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