Chillness definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary CHILLNESS, n. Coolness; coldness; a shivering. Merriam Webster's noun see chill II Webster's 1913 Dictionary Chillness Chill"ness, n. Coolness; coldness; a chill. Death is the chillness that precedes the dawn. --Longfellow.
... contraction of the fine vessels of the body; chilliness, or chillness. 3. A disease; indisposition occasioned by cold; catarrh. WordNet (r ... The sensation produced by the escape of heat; chilliness or chillness. When she saw her lord prepared to part, A deadly ...
... a chill reception > 4. depressing, dispiriting < chill penury — Thomas Gray > • chillness noun III. verb Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. a ... the chill off warm slightly. Derivatives: chiller n. chillingly adv. chillness n. chillsome adj. literary. Etymology: OE cele, ciele, etc.: in ...