The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cold \Cold\ (k[=o]ld), a. [Compar. Colder (-[~e]r); superl. Coldest.] [OE. cold, cald, AS. cald, ceald; akin to OS. kald, D. koud, G. kalt, Icel. kaldr, Dan. kold, Sw. kall, Goth. kalds, L. gelu frost, gelare to freeze. Orig. p. p. of AS. calan to be cold, Icel. kala to freeze. Cf. Cool, a., Chill, n.]
Deprived of heat, or having a low temperature; not warm or hot; gelid; frigid. ``The snowy top of cold Olympis.''
--Milton.Lacking the sensation of warmth; suffering from the absence of heat; chilly; shivering; as, to be cold.
Not pungent or acrid. ``Cold plants.''
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Wanting in ardor, intensity, warmth, zeal, or passion; spiritless; unconcerned; reserved.
A cold and unconcerned spectator.
--T. Burnet.No cold relation is a zealous citizen.
--Burke. Unwelcome; disagreeable; unsatisfactory. ``Cold news for me.'' ``Cold comfort.''
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Wanting in power to excite; dull; uninteresting.
What a deal of cold business doth a man misspend the better part of life in!
--B. Jonson.The jest grows cold . . . when in comes on in a second scene.
--Addison. Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) but feebly; having lost its odor; as, a cold scent.
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Not sensitive; not acute.
Smell this business with a sense as cold As is a dead man's nose.
--Shak. Distant; -- said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed.
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(Paint.) Having a bluish effect. Cf. Warm, 8.
Cold abscess. See under Abscess.
Cold blast See under Blast, n., 2.
Cold blood. See under Blood, n., 8.
Cold chill, an ague fit.
--Wright.Cold chisel, a chisel of peculiar strength and hardness, for cutting cold metal.
--Weale.Cold cream. See under Cream.
Cold slaw. See Cole slaw.
In cold blood, without excitement or passion; deliberately.
He was slain in cold blood after the fight was over.
--Sir W. Scott.To give one the cold shoulder, to treat one with neglect.
Syn: Gelid; bleak; frigid; chill; indifferent; unconcerned; passionless; reserved; unfeeling; stoical.
Wikipedia
A cold chill (also known as chills, the chills or simply thrills) is described by David Huron as, "a pleasant tingling feeling, associated with the flexing of hair follicles resulting in goose bumps (technically called piloerection), accompanied by a cold sensation, and sometimes producing a shudder or shiver." Dimpled skin is often visible due to cold chills especially on the back of the neck or upper spine. Unlike shivering, however, it is not caused by temperature, menopause, or anxiety but rather is an emotionally triggered response when one is deeply affected by things such as music, speech, or recollection. It is similar to autonomous sensory meridian response; both sensations consist of a pleasant tingling feeling that affects the skin on the back of the neck and spine.
Usage examples of "cold chill".
He shivers as another cold chill washes across him-that of someone using a chaos glass to scree him.
As Lorn steps away from the study door, he can sense the cold chill of a screeing glass, and that chill is not that manifested by his father.
Alucius glanced toward where he knew the earthen ramp had to be, and felt a cold chill as he could see the shimmering metal of the spear-throwerwith its barrel swinging to the west.
It was the cold chill hour before the first stir of dawn, and the moon was low.
There was a cold chill of depth about that darkness-no cist at all, but one of the great tombs, the rich ones.
Even as I thought of riding off into the night, I knew it was not in me to go, and I'd risk a bullet in the back from that cold chill of a man up yonder in the buckboard.