A sudden penetrating sense of cold, especially one that causes a brief trembling nerve response through the body; the trembling response itself; often associated with illness: fevers and chills, or susceptibility to illness.
An uncomfortable and numbing sense of fear, dread, anxiety, or alarm, often one that is sudden and usually accompanied by a trembling nerve response resembling the body's response to biting cold.
An ironmould or portion of a mould, serving to cool rapidly, and so to harden, the surface of molten iron brought in contact with it.
The hardened part of a casting, such as the tread of a carriage wheel.
“A few stayed on, amid the overwhelming chillness, in the hope that sunshine would finally pierce through those dense layers of cloud.”
“However, the bitter chillness notwithstanding, thousands of people, particularly children, gathered in the main Charing Cross and Commercial road areas and cheered.”
