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Chilled

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

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.''
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