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Þ þ (thorn)
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1.
cōld
adj.
207 quotations in 8 senses
Sense / Definition
Low in temperature: (a) cold, chilly (weather, season, climate); (b) cold or cool (dwelling); chilly (grave); (c) cold to the touch;
cold as is, cold as a ston
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overcōld
adj.
3 quotations in 1 sense
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Too cold; of medicines: having an excess of the property of coldness; also
fig.
excessively lacking in human warmth of feeling.
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chẹ̄lde
n.
4 quotations in 1 sense
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Cold or freezing weather, cold.
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