chill hardening (chilhard"ning)

A mode of tempering steel cutting instruments by exposing them, when heated to redne , to a blast of cold air. E. H. Knight. chilli, chilly3 (chil'i), n.; pl. chillies (-iz). [From the native Guiana name.] The pod or fruit of the Capsicum annuum or Guinea pepper, the chilli colorado of the Mexicans. Also spelled chile, chili. - Chilli-coyote, in California, the seeds of species of bigroot, Megarrhiza. chilline (chil'i-nes), n. [ ne . A chilline or shivering affects the body. Arbuthnot . (b) A degree of cold that causes shivering: as, the chilli ne of the wind. (c) Lack of cordiality; coldne ; intentional reserve or distance: as, the chilline of his wel come. chillingly (chil'ing-li), adv. In a chilling manner; coldly.