chill

A paroxysm of shivering with a sensation of coldne accompanied by a rise of internal temperature and followed by a period of sweating, ague c, c's and fever. See intermittent fever, under fever, congestive c. A term loosely applied to any malarial fever of unusual severity, dumb c. See latent ague, under ague. [Ang.-Sax., cyle, cele.~\