CHILL (3)

chill (3). Chill, v.t. to make cold, deject, depress, blast

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Chill, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chilled (chĭld); p. pr. & vb. n. Chilling.] 1. 1. To strike with a chill; to make chilly; to cause to shiver; to affect with cold.
When winter chilled the day. Goldsmith. 2. 2. To check enthusiasm or warmth of feeling of; to depress; to discourage.
Every thought on God chills the gayety of his spirits. Rogers. 3. 3. (Metal.) To produce, by sudden cooling, a change of crystallization at or near the surface of, so as to increase the hardness; said of cast iron.