Cold

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vi To become cold.

II. Cold ·noun Not pungent or acrid.

III. Cold ·noun Not sensitive; not acute.

IV. Cold ·noun Having a bluish effect. ·cf. Warm, 8.

V. Cold ·noun The relative absence of heat or warmth.

VI. Cold ·noun Unwelcome; disagreeable; unsatisfactory.

VII. Cold ·noun Wanting in power to excite; dull; uninteresting.

VIII. Cold ·noun The sensation produced by the escape of heat; chilliness or chillness.

IX. Cold ·noun Deprived of heat, or having a low temperature; not warm or hot; gelid; frigid.

X. Cold ·noun A morbid state of the animal system produced by exposure to cold or dampness; a catarrh.

XI. Cold ·noun Wanting in ardor, intensity, warmth, zeal, or passion; spiritless; unconcerned; reserved.

XII. Cold ·noun Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) but feebly; having lost its odor; as, a cold scent.

XIII. Cold ·noun Distant;

— said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed.

XIV. Cold ·noun Lacking the sensation of warmth; suffering from the absence of heat; chilly; shivering; as, to be cold.

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