chill 
kole, coolness, = Sw. kyla, a chill ; Icel. kylr, a 
gust of cold air, may go with either form), < 
col, adj., cool, < eaten, be cold: see cool and 
cold. The D. kil, a., MD. kiltie, n., chill, belong 
to cold.] I. . 1. A sudden or intense sensa- 
tion of cold ; especially, such a sensation ac- 
companied with shivering or shaking, as a re- 
sult of exposure to the cold or as the precursor 
or accompaniment of certain fevers; a cold fit; 
rigor. 
A sort of chill about his pneconlia and head. 
Drrliam, Physico -Theology. 
A chill affects different men in an IndHlnite iimnncr, 
according to their state of l>ody or constitution, causing 
coughs or colds, rheumatism, or inflammations of various 
organs. Darwin, Origin of Species, p. 24. 
2. A degree of cold ; that condition of the at- 
mosphere or of any object which produces the 
sensation of cold ; coldness such as that caused 
by the proximity of ice; chilliness: as, there is 
a chill in the air. 3. Figuratively, a feeling as 
of coldness produced by anything that discour- 
ages, annoys, or offends; a depressing influ- 
ence ; a check to warmth of feeling, as to sym- 
pathy or enthusiasm. 
The early chill of poverty never left my bones. Sheil. 
4. A metal mold in which certain kinds of iron- 
castings, as car-wheels, are made. The sur- 
faces in contact with the mold are hardened by 
sudden chilling. 5. In painting, dullness or 
II. a. [An adj. use of the noun, not found in 
ME. ; the old adjectives are cool and cold.'] 1. 
Cold; tending to cause shivering: as, the chill 
air of night. See chilly^, 2. 
Noisome winds, and blasting vapours chill. 
Stilton, Arcades, 1. 49. 
2. Experiencing cold; shivering with cold. 
The many will be too chill and tender, and they'll be 
for the flowery way, that leads to the broad gate and the 
great flre. Shak., All's Well, iv. 5. 
My chill veins freeze with despair. Jtoive. 
3. Figuratively (a) Depressing; dispiriting; 
discouraging. 
Chill penury repressed their noble rage, 
And froze the genial current of the soul. 
Gray, Elegy. 
(6) Distant ; formal ; not warm, hearty, or af- 
fectionate : as, a chill reception. See chilly 1 , 4. 
(c) Insensible in death. [Rare.] 
He is chill to praise or blame. 
Tennyson, Two Voices. 
chill 1 (chil), '. [< ME. chillen, be cold, become 
cold, <! AS. 'cylian or "cyllan, only in twice- 
occurring comp. pp. pi. for-cillede, chilled (= 
Sw. kyla = Dan. kole, make cold, chill), < cyle, 
n., chill, cold: see chilli, OT .] J^ intrans. 1. To 
be cold; shiver with cold. [Rare.] 2. To be- 
come cold rapidly or suddenly. 
He that ruffleth in his sables ... is more ready to chill 
for cold than the poor labouring man. 
Hoinily Against Excess of Apparel. 
II. trans. 1. To affect with cold; make chil- 
ly ; strike or blast with severe cold. 
Age has not yet 
So shrunk my sinews, or so chill'd my veins, 
But conscious virtue in my breast remains. Dryden. 
The hearth, except when winter chilled the day, 
With aspen boughs, and flowers, and fennel gay. 
"A, Deserted Village. 
959 
England, consisting of an open saucer bent up 
on four sides so as to leave at the corners de- 
pressed spouts or gutters for holding wicks. 
Such lamps are made of earthenware or of 
metal, and are often fitted with a hanging sup- 
port. 
Chiller (chil'er), n. One who or that which 
chills. 
chill-hardening (chil'hard'ning), n. A mode 
of tempering steel cutting instruments by ex- 
posing them, when heated to redness, to a blast 
of cold air. E. II. Knti/l/i. 
chilli, chilly 3 (chiri), it. ; pi. 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 bigroi.t. MtfOrrmM. 
chilliness (chil'i-nes), n. [< chilly + -ness.] 
The state or quality of being chilly, (n) A sensa- 
tion of shivering; a painful or disagreeable feeling of cold- 
ness. 
A chilliness or shivering affects the body. Arbuthnot. 
(b) A degree of cold that causes shivering : as, the cAi((i- 
ncss of the wind, (c) Lack of cordiality ; coldness ; inten- 
tional reserve or distance : as, the chilliness of his wel- 
come. 
chillingly (chil'ing-li), adv. In a chilling man- 
ner; coldly. 
shil'i-pep'er), n. In California, 
i, Sehinus Molle. 
(chil'ish), a. [(chill 1 + -ish 1 .] Some- 
what chilly ; chilly. 
dullness (ehil'nes), n. [< chill 1 , a., + -ness.'] 
The state or quality of being chill or chilled. 
(a) The feeling of sudden coolness or coldness ; chilliness. 
If you come out of the sun suddenly into the shade, there 
followeth a chillness or shivering in all the body. Bacon. 
(b) An unpleasant degree of coldness : as, the chillness of 
the air. 
Also spelled chilness. 
chillo (chil'o), n. [< 8p. chilkw, pi. of chilla, a 
cotton fabric, adj. chillon, showy, tawdry (of 
colors).] A colored cotton fabric manufactured 
chillum (chil'um), n. [Anglo-Ind., < Hind. 
chilam.] The part of a prepared hookah which 
contains the tobacco and fire, used by itself by 
Cr people who cannot afford the luxury of a 
kah. Fallon. Also chilam. 
chillumchee (chirum-che), n. [Hind, chilam- 
chi, a metal wash-basin, < chilam: see chil- 
lum.] A brass or copper basin for washing the 
hands. 
A chiUumchet of water, sans soap, was provided. 
Mauanrn, Command of Sir C. Napier, 
chillyi (chil'i), a. [< chilfl, n., + -yi.] 1. Ex- 
periencing the sensation of chilliness ; chilled. 
I'm as chilly as a bottle of port in a hard frost. 
Cul mil n the Younger, Poor Gentleman, iv. 1 
2. Producing the sensation of cold; chilling; 
especially, so cold as to produce the sensation 
of shivering. 
By vicinity to the chilly tops of the Alps. 
Sir H. Wotton. 
3. Cold; chill. 
A ,'li ;ii ii sweat bedews 
My shuddering limbs. J. Philips. 
4. Wanting zeal, animation, or heartiness ; in- 
different; cold; frigid: as, a chilly reception. 
chilly 2 (chil'i), adv. [< chilli , a., + -&,.] In 
or chilly manner; coldly; with cold- 
Ohilonycteris 
Chilobranchus (ki-lo-bnuig'kus), n. [NL. (Sir 
J. Richardson, 1845, in the form Clieilobranchw), 
< Or. 
lip, + (ipayxta, gills.] A genus of 
-hut dorlalis, with head on 
\^^ - larger scale. 
fishes whose branchial apertures are close to- 
gether below, and are surrounded by a lip-like 
margin. In some systems they represent a 
family < iiilohrunrhitlte. 
chilodlpterid ( ki-lo-dip'te-rid), n. A fish of the 
family ' TModipterida. 
Chilodipteridae (ki"16-dip-ter'i-de), n. pi. [NL., 
< Clnt<i<lij>teru8 + -if/a;.] A family of percoid 
acanthopterygian fishes, represented by the ge- 
nus ChitodipteniH : synonymous with .l/ini/iiiuiln . 
Chilpdipterus (ki-lo-dip'te-rus), n. [NL. (La- 
i-i'-pode, 1*02, in the form i'liciliHlijiliriix), < <ir. 
Xe'Aof, lip, + iiTrnpof, two-winged : see dipter- 
ous.] A genus of fishes, having two distinct 
dorsal fins and somewhat fleshy lips. They 
inhabit the Pacific and Indian oceans, and are 
^family' 
eucuiiulw, i a comimn form both ol 
I*M> u. CM 
M lt water, having a flattened subovate body laterally de- 
Hected in front, the ventral cilia disposed in parallel lines, 
and the pharynx encircled by rod-like teeth. 
chilognath (ki'log-nath), a. and n. I. a. Same 
myriapod ; a milleped or thousand-legs. 
Chilognatha (ki-log'na-thS), n. pi. [NL., 
neut..pl. of chilognathus : see chilognathous.] An 
order of the class Myriapoda; the myriapods 
or millepede proper, or thousand-legs. They have 
a cylindric or subcylindric segmented body with a hard 
crustaceous integument, and 2 pairs of legs to each seg- 
ment or somite (excepting certain anterior ones); no foot- 
jaws ; and a 4-lobed plate behind the mandibles, which 
are without palpi. The antennie rarely have more than 
7 Joints. The genital openings are on the coxal joint of 
the second pair of legs. They are sluggish animals, living 
on decomposing animal and vegetable matters, and depos- 
iting their eggs in the ground. They have the appearance 
of hard round worms with numberless legs, and some can 
roll themselves up in a ball, circle, or spiral, like some 
of the wood-lice. There are several families, with numer- 
ous genera and species. Diplopiida is a synonymous term. 
The term is contrasted with Chilopoda. Also written 
Ctieilognatha. See cut under milleped. 
Chilognathan (ki-lpg'na-than), n. ^chilog- 
nath + -an.] A chilognath or milleped. 
chilognathiform (kl-log-nath'i-f6rm), a. [< NL. 
Chilognatha + L. forma, form.] Resembling 
the Chilognatha in form. Chilognathiform larva are 
long and cylindrical, with a distinct head, and several 
pairs of prolegs in addition to the thoracic legs. This is 
the commonest type in the Lepidoptera, and Is found also 
in the hymenopterous family Tenthredinidce. 
chilognathomorphous(ki-log-nath-o-m6r'fu8), 
a. [<. NL. Chilognatha + Gr. pofKja/, shape, + 
-ous.] Same as chilognathiform. 
chilognathous (ki-log'na-thus), a. [< NL. chi- 
1 j.1. * /1_ ~*\ _ _ !*'__ I _ ' t\ -i .~i 
w illia m Morris, Earthly Paradise, II. 300. 
2. Figuratively, to check in enthusiasm or 
warmth of feeling; discourage; dispirit; de- 
press. 
Alas, poor boy! the natural effect 
Of love by absence chill'd into respect. 
<*?*. Tirocinium, 
Chilling his caresses 
By the coldness of her manners. 
Tennyton, Maud, . l. 
Ere visions have been chitted to troth, 
And hopes are washed away in tears. 
0. W. Hobnes, From a Bachelor's Private Journal. 
3 In metal to reduce suddenlv in temner 
m -' t( ' 
i iron, so as to 
chilly 3 n. See chilli. 
chilo-. ' [NL. chilo-, < Gr. X el7^, lip.] An ele- 
ment in some words of Greek origin, meaning 
'lip.' Sometimes written eheito-. 
chiloanffio'sponfl rlri 16 nn'ii-o skon't r^ Or 
? + nriov vessel +I^tiv view 1 
f^pa^tts dSned ^bv Dr Httttm f^ ob 
' designed Dy IJr. Mutter for Ob- 
serving microscopically the circulation of the 
blood in the human un^er lip. 
chilobranchid (ki-lo-brang'kid), . A fish of 
t]lo f., m i] v Chilithrn'ndiiiln' 
, J V- ,, . ,-. 
r^i /??",, ("P-lo-brang ki-de), . pi. 
[NL., < ChllobranchHS + -iate.] A family of 
exemplified by the genus 
characters of a chilognath; milleped. Also 
J -x 
ms) ' "' ; ,P L <<"&* (-ma-ta,. 
[NL < Gr. //a, a lip, nm < ^ sur- 
roun d with a bp or rim, < jef/tof, a lip.] In 
^ 7 -' the upper lip or muzzle of a quadruped, 
when tumiS and continued uninterruptldly 
. ., Tlos) . r ji fta :_ t i._ .,,, 
" "' * 1 " ne 
f. , . ... 
C r 1 "} om . on ,f dld (ki'lo-mo-nad'i-de), n. pi. 
L^ L -'.< Chtlomonas (-nad-) h -irfrt-.] A family 
of animalcules. They are free-swimming or tempo- 
rarily adherent and illoricate, with the oral aperture 
conspicuously developed, giving to the anterior border 
a bilabiate or excavate appearance, and one of the two 
?<* ella convolute and adherent. They inhabit salt and 
To remove the chill from, as liquor, by warm- 
and the 
Gr. 
, lip, + //ovdf, a unit (monad), 
the 
pouring molten iron into cast-iron molds. The head or 
point only is brought into contact with the cast-iron and 
thus chiiu-d, tiu 
are 
Australasian seas. 
the 
'tn ris> n TNT, (1 K 
te-ns;, n. llj. (J. to. 
hus chiiu-d, tiu- body of the shot being surrounded by CMlobranchina (ki* 16-brang-ki ' na) n vl *y>>. < -<' T -X':t'-of, lip, + VICTIM, a bat: see 
and. -Chilled varnish, in painting, th.- varnish of a r NL < rhi/<,hnn,rh,,< 4- ,-" 1 Tn OndL^ A^c^m.] A genus of phyllostomme bats, of 
Picture on the surface of which the , loudineu or dim- ".''".'? + ''"" Q, In Gunther's th ^ subfamilv L o bostomin<F containing several 
oming appears, chilled wheel, a car- system of classification, a subfamily of Sym- Sou h American PS with the 
of which has been chilled in casting. branc.hulce, having the vent in the anterior 
ness called bloomi 
wheel the tread 
