Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Chilling"
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) 1.7 (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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