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adjective
Date: 14th century
archaic cold, chilled <the owl, for all his feathers, was acold — John Keats>
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Acold — A*cold , a. [Prob. p. p. of OE. acolen to grow cold or cool, AS. [=a]c[=o]lian to grow cold; pref. a (cf. Goth. er , orig. meaning out) + c[=o]lian to cool. See {Cool}.] Cold. [Obs.] Poor Tom s acold. Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
acold — adjective of persons; feeling cold Poor Tom s acold Shakespeare • Similar to: ↑cold • Usage Domain: ↑archaism, ↑archaicism … Useful english dictionary
acold — /euh kohld /, adj. Archaic. being cold or chilled. [bef. 900; ME acolde, OE acolod, ptp. of acolian to grow cold. See A 3, COOL, ED2] * * * … Universalium
The Seagull — Infobox Play name = The Seagull image size = 180px caption = cover to the Dodo Press edition writer = Anton Chekhov characters = Madame Arkadina Konstantin Treplyov Sorin Nina Shamrayef Pauline Masha Trigorin Dorn Medviedenko Yakov Cook setting … Wikipedia
archaicism — noun the use of an archaic expression • Syn: ↑archaism • Derivationally related forms: ↑archaistic, ↑archaistic (for: ↑archaism), ↑archaize (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
a|cold — «uh KOHLD», adjective. Archaic. cold; chilled: »The owl, for all his feathers, was acold (Keats) … Useful english dictionary
