Chill

chil, a. Moderately cold; tending to cause shiv- ering; cool; formal; distant; depre ed: dispirited. — n. A disagreeable sensation of coolne , with shivering; a check to enthusiasm or warmth of feeling; discouragement. (Metal.) A method of casting iron, so as quickly to cool the surface; a mold in which to cast iron. — r. [chilled (child), chilling.] To strike with a chill, make chilly, affect with cold; to check enthusiasm, depre , discourage. (Metal.) To produce, by sudden cooling, a change of crystallization near the surface, increasing the hardne of the metal. [AS. cyle, cele, coldne , fr. cel an, to cool, col, cool.] — Chilfy, a. Moderately cold. — Chilline , Chilf ne , n. — ChifMain", -blan, n. A blain on hand or foot, caused bv cold. — v. To produce chilblains upon. Chimb, Chime, chlm, Chine, n. Edge of a cask, formed by the ends of the staves. [LG. kimm, D. kim.]