English English Dictionary

Discouraging; depressing; dispiriting.

To strike with a chill; to make chilly; to cause to shiver; to affect with cold.

To check enthusiasm or warmth of feeling of; to depress; to discourage.

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.

To become surface-hardened by sudden cooling while solidifying; as, some kinds of cast iron chill to a greater depth than others.

of Chill

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

Having that cloudiness or dimness of surface that is called "blooming."

See Chili.

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

A moderate degree of coldness; disagreeable coldness or rawness; as, the chilliness of the air.

Formality; lack of warmth.

of Chill

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

Coolness; coldness; a chill.

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

A myriapod of the order Chilognatha.

One of the two principal orders of myriapods. They have numerous segments, each bearing two pairs of small, slender legs, which are attached ventrally, near together.

The tumid upper lip of certain mammals, as of a camel.

A myriapod of the order Chilopoda.