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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Chill  \Chill\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Chilled}  (ch[i^]ld);  p.  pr 
  &  vb  n.  {Chilling}.] 
  1.  To  strike  with  a  chill;  to  make  chilly;  to  cause  to 
  shiver;  to  affect  with  cold. 
 
  When  winter  chilled  the  day  --Goldsmith. 
 
  2.  To  check  enthusiasm  or  warmth  of  feeling  of  to  depress; 
  to  discourage. 
 
  Every  thought  on  God  chills  the  gayety  of  his 
  spirits.  --Rogers. 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Chilled  \Chilled\,  a. 
  1.  Hardened  on  the  surface  or  edge  by  chilling;  as  chilled 
  iron;  a  chilled  wheel. 
 
  2.  (Paint.)  Having  that  cloudiness  or  dimness  of  surface  that 
  is  called  ``blooming.'' 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  chilled 
  adj  1:  of  persons  and  animals;  feeling  no  warmth;  "got  chilled  at 
  the  football  game";  "shivering  in  her  thin  coat"  [syn: 
  {shivering}] 
  2:  made  agreeably  cold  (especially  by  ice);  "a  glass  of  chilled 
  lemonade";  "iced  tea";  "an  ice-cold  coke"  [syn:  {ice-cold}, 
  {iced}] 




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