Chilinidæ (kilinide)

pl. [NL., flattened tentacles, eyes se ile on the hinder surfaces of the tentacles, no jaw, peculiar lingual teeth (the median small, cuspidate, the marginal pectin i form or palmate, with an external superior prolongation), and a spiral shell with rapidly increasing whorls and a plicated columella. The species are peculiar to the fresh waters of South America. chilll (chil), n. and a. [ Chilian Snail ( Chi lin a puelcha). ciele, cele, cyle, n., cold, coldne , orig. * cal i, chill köle, coolne , = Sw. kyla, a chill; Icel. kylr, a gust of cold air, may go with either form), A sort of chill about his præcordia and head. Derham, Physico-Theology. A chill affects different men in an indefinite manner, IMG:content-0281.png:[ocr errors] according to their state of body or coughs or colds, rheumatism, or inflammations of various Darwin, Origin of Species, p. 24. organs. The early chill of poverty never left my bones. Sheil. 4. A metal mold in which certain kinds of iron castings, as car-wheels, are made. The sur faces in contact with the mold are hardened by sudden chilling.-5. painting, dimne in a picture. Chills and fever, fever ague; intermittent sometimes simply chills. [Local, U. S.] and in II. a. [An adj. use of the noun, not found ME.; the old adjectives are cool and cold .] 1. Cold; tending to cause shivering: as, the chill air of night. See chilly1 , 2. Noisome winds, and blasting vapours chill . Milton , Arcades, 1. 49. 2. Experiencing cold; shivering with cold. The many will be too chill and tender, and they'll be for the flowery way, that leads to the broad gate and the great fire. Shak ., All's, Well, iv. 5. My chill veins freeze with despair. Rowe . IMG:content-0282.png:[blocks in formation] England, consisting of an open saucer bent up Chi lob ranch us (ki-lō-brang'kus), n. [NL. (Sir on four sides so as to leave at the corners depre ed spouts or gutters for holding wicks. Such lamps are made of earthenware or of metal, and are often fitted with a hanging support.