Chill
(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
(Chill), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chilled (child); 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.
Chill
(Chill), 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.