Hypertext Webster Gateway: "chilled"
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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chilled \Chilled\, a.
1. Hardened on the surface or edge by chilling; as, chilled
iron; a chilled wheel.
2. (Paint.) Having that cloudiness or dimness of surface that
is called ``blooming.''
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
chilled
adj 1: of persons and animals; feeling no warmth; "got chilled at
the football game"; "shivering in her thin coat" [syn:
{shivering}]
2: made agreeably cold (especially by ice); "a glass of chilled
lemonade"; "iced tea"; "an ice-cold coke" [syn: {ice-cold},
{iced}]
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