Chilled
[tʃɪld]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Chill
(a.) Hardened on the surface or edge by chilling; as, chilled iron; a chilled wheel.
(a.) Having that cloudiness or dimness of surface that is called "blooming."
Typist: Serena
Examples
- She was chilled but arrogant. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- That's true, said Estella, with a cold careless smile that always chilled me. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I felt as if the room had chilled me. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- To the faces of these rolls were bolted a series of heavy, chilled-iron plates containing a number of projecting knobs two inches high. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- These latter rolls were also face-lined with chilled-iron plates; but, unlike the larger ones, were positively driven, reducing the rock to pieces of about one-half-inch size, or smaller. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- But he shuts out the now chilled air, draws the window-curtain, goes to bed, and falls asleep. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Long enough to be chilled to the heart, but I don't know how long. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Even the butler, who was old enough to have known better, brought me a bottle of port that was chilled. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The leaves fell about me from the groaning branches, and the earthy decay in the atmosphere chilled me to the bones. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- When this vapor meets a cold wind or is chilled in any way, condensation takes place, and a mass of tiny drops of water or of small particles of snow is formed. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- I was cramped by my position and chilled to the bones. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He shaded the dinner, cooled the wines, chilled the gravy, and blighted the vegetables. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- This is because the water vapor in the air becomes chilled by contact with the glass and condenses. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- He was alone in a strange place; and we all know how chilled and desolate the best of us will sometimes feel in such a situation. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The revelation of this suddenly-established intimacy effectually chilled his desire to see her. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- He dodges about in his boat, does this man, till he gets chilled. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I recollect a few chilled people passing in the streets. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Warm winds afterward blowing over that frozen surface will be chilled by it. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Can I even remember when the chilled, cramped feeling left me, and the throbbing heat came in its place? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- At the top of these steps he came plump upon a sight that took his breath away and chilled his blood. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Could that frozen surface be turned under, and warmer turned up from beneath it, those warm winds would not be chilled so much. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- I was chilled with fear. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Casement windows opened, crazy doors were unbarred, and people came forth shivering--chilled, as yet, by the new sweet air. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- And you are wet and chilled. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She thought he was chilled with the wet. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- As they stepped out on the naked platform, with only snow around and above, Gudrun shrank as if it chilled her heart. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Her manner of running over the names of her birds, as if she were afraid of hearing them even from her own lips, quite chilled me. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- These rolls were about three feet in diameter, made of cast-iron, and had face-plates of chilled-iron. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The sky became clouded; but the air was pure, although chilled by the north-east breeze that was then rising. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- These rolls were of cast iron three feet in diameter, having chilled-iron smooth face-plates of considerable thickness. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Typist: Serena