10. (Paint.)
Defn: 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 thefight 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.
COLD
Cold, n.
1. The relative absence of heat or warmth.
2. The sensation produced by the escape of heat; chilliness or chillness. When she saw her lord prepared to part, A deadly cold ran shivering to her heart. Dryden.
3. (Med.)
Defn: A morbid state of the animal system produced by exposure to cold or dampness; a catarrh. Cold sore (Med.), a vesicular eruption appearing about the mouth as the result of a cold, or in the course of any disease attended with fever. — To leave one out in the cold, to overlook or neglect him. [Colloq.] Cold, v. i.
Defn: To become cold. [Obs.] Chaucer.
COLD-BLOODED
Cold"-blood`ed, a.