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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Chilling \Chill"ing\, a. Making chilly or cold; depressing; discouraging; cold; distant; as a chilling breeze; a chilling manner. -- {Chill"ing"ly}, adv From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Chill \Chill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chilled} (ch[i^]ld); 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: chilling adj : so scary as to cause chills and shudders; "the most terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge" [syn: {scarey}, {scary}, {shivery}, {shuddery}] n : the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature [syn: {cooling}, {temperature reduction}]
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