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chill

 
(chĭl) pronunciation
n.
  1. A moderate but penetrating coldness.
  2. A sensation of coldness, often accompanied by shivering and pallor of the skin.
  3. A checking or dampening of enthusiasm, spirit, or joy: bad news that put a chill on the celebration.
  4. A sudden numbing fear or dread.
adj.
  1. Moderately cold; chilly: a chill wind.
  2. Not warm and friendly; distant: a chill greeting.
  3. Discouraging; dispiriting: "Chill penury repressed their noble rage" (Thomas Gray).

v., chilled, chill·ing, chills.

v.tr.
  1. To affect with or as if with cold.
  2. To lower in temperature; cool.
  3. To make discouraged; dispirit.
  4. Metallurgy. To harden (a metallic surface) by rapid cooling.
v.intr.
  1. To be seized with cold.
  2. To become cold or set: jelly that chills quickly.
  3. Metallurgy. To become hard by rapid cooling.
  4. Slang.
    1. To calm down or relax. Often used with out.
    2. To pass time idly; loiter. Often used with out.
    3. To keep company; see socially. Often used with out.

[Middle English chile, from Old English cele.]

chillingly chill'ing·ly adv.
chillness chill'ness n.

Our Living Language   In the 1980s and 1990s, chill gained currency as a slang term meaning "to relax, calm down." It is first recorded in 1979 and comes from Black English slang, which has frequently been a source of slang and informal words in Standard English, often through the medium of various African-American musical styles (in this case, rap and hip-hop). In fact, the word chill has had several incarnations as a slang term both inside and outside Black English. An older slang sense, recorded first in the 1870s, has been "to lose interest (in something), sour (on something)." Since the late 1920s it has also been used transitively to mean "to quash" and even "to kill." The recent use in the sense "to calm down" is another example of slang's innovativeness: English has always used words referring to heat and cold metaphorically to refer to emotions, and has used cool to refer to calmness since Old English times. Chill is a novel way of saying cool down, an old metaphor. The semantic evolution of chill continues as this is being written; the new sense of "to relax" has even more recently been extended to mean "to relax among friends, socialize." Chill thus offers a good example of how living languages are constantly changing in ways that are at once unpredictable and immediately comprehensible.


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adj

Definition: cold, raw
Antonyms: hot, warm

adj

Definition: unfriendly, aloof
Antonyms: friendly, responsive, sympathetic, warm

n

Definition: cold conditions
Antonyms: heat, warmness, warmth

v

Definition: discourage
Antonyms: encourage, hearten, incite, inspirit

v

Definition: make cold
Antonyms: heat, warm

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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: A feeling of coldness or a lack of heat.

pronunciation November's sky is chill and drear, November's leaf is red and sear. — Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832).

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verb
verb, mainly US

to chill out To become less tense, relax. (1982 —) .
Ski The fat one whistles, waves madly and rudely ignores my fatherly admonitions to chill out (1989).



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Chill (role-playing game)

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Chill
Designer(s) Lou Prosperi, Dave Webb, John Wick, Jess Heinig
Publisher(s) Pacesetter Ltd, Mayfair Games
Publication date 1984 (Pacesetter Ltd), 1994 (Mayfair Games)
Genre(s) Horror
System(s) Percentile based (d100)
Chill cover, Pacesetter Edition
Chill cover, Mayfair Edition

Chill is a role-playing game that captures the feel of 20th-century horror films.[1] Players take on the role of envoys,[2] members of a secret organization known as S.A.V.E. that tracks down and eliminates evil in the world.

Contents

Setting

Chill is a horror role-playing game inspired by Shelley, Stoker, and Poe, where usual foes are vampires, werewolves, mummies, ghosts, goblins, and ghouls.[3] Players take on the role of envoys,[2] members of a secret organization known as S.A.V.E. that tracks down and eliminates evil in the world.

Editions

The game was originally produced by a company called Pacesetter Ltd.[1] Once Pacesetter ceased operations in 1986, Chill was bought in 1990 by Mayfair Games. At Mayfair, the game was published until 1993, when the executives of the company decided to no longer publish RPGs and instead focus on board games.

A total of 23 official modules (adventure packs and rules companions) were released by Chill's publishers between 1984 and 1993. Chill and some modules were translated into Swedish and published under the name Chock between 1985 and 1987 by Target Games.

Several years ago a third edition was announced by Other World Creations[4] but never was released.

Reception

Receiving 7 out of 10, the game received a mixed review in issue 61 of White Dwarf magazine. The gameplay was felt to be fairly slow and lacking in scares; furthermore, Chill's significance was lessened as Call of Cthulhu had already paved the way for horror-based role-playing games.[5]

S.A.V.E.

In Chill, S.A.V.E. (Societas Argenti Viae Eternitata, or, The Eternal Society of the Silver Way) is a secret society that is dedicated to protecting innocents from the creatures of the Unknown.[6] Agents of SAVE are called envoys.[1]

Products

Numerous products were published for the first two editions of Chill.

Pacesetter edition

  • Chill: Adventures into the Unknown (box set)

Game tools

  • Chill Master's Screen (included Castle Dracula scenario)

Sourcebooks and scenarios

  • Blood Moon Rising (scenario)
  • Creature Feature (sourcebook)
  • Death on Tour (scenario)
  • Deathwatch on the Bayou (scenario)
  • Evenings of Terror with Elvira (book of scenarios hosted by Elvira, Mistress of the Dark)
  • Haunter of the Moor (scenario)
  • Highland Terror (scenario)
  • Isle of the Dead (scenario)
  • Things (sourcebook)
  • Thutmose's Night (scenario)
  • Vampires (sourcebook)
  • Vengeance of Dracula (scenario)
  • Village of Twilight (scenario)

Mayfair edition

  • Chill Core Rulebook

Game tools

  • Chill Accessory Pack

Sourcebooks and scenarios

  • Apparitions (sourcebook)
  • The Beast Within (sourcebook with scenario)
  • Chill Companion (sourcebook)
  • Horrors of North America (sourcebook)
  • Lycanthropes (sourcebook)
  • Things (sourcebook)
  • Undead & Buried (scenario)
  • Unknown Providence: SAVE in New England (scenario)
  • Vampires (sourcebook)
  • Veil of Flesh (scenario)
  • Voodoo (sourcebook)

Fiction

  • Chilled to the Bone - anthology of short stories

Chill board game

References

  1. ^ a b c "Chill (Review)". RPGnet. 2002. http://www.rpg.net/news+reviews/reviews/rev_6099.html. Retrieved 2007-10-06. 
  2. ^ a b Epperson, Jerry (October, 1984). "Horribly Simple to Learn". Dragon Magazine IX (5 (#90)): 62–63. ISSN 0279-6848 
  3. ^ RPG Archive: Chill
  4. ^ Other World Creations News
  5. ^ McLellan, Angus (January 1985). "Open Box: Dungeon Modules" (review). White Dwarf (Games Workshop) (Issue 61): 9–10. ISSN 0265-8712. 
  6. ^ Melton, Gordon (1994). The Vampire Book: The Encyclopedia of the Undead (1st ed.). Detroit, MI: Visible Ink Press. pp. 852. ISBN 0-8103-2295-1. http://www.visibleink.com/title.php?id=41. 

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - kulde, kuldegysning
v. tr. - gøre kold, gennemisne, neddæmpe, hærde
v. intr. - blive kold
adj. - kølig, nedslående

idioms:

  • chill out    fryse ud
  • take the chill off    lune

Nederlands (Dutch)
(af)koelen, deprimeren, beangstigen, afschrikken (metaal), kilte, verkoudheid, deprimerende invloed, angst

Français (French)
n. - coup de froid, (fig) frisson, coquille (fonderie)
v. tr. - (Culin) mettre (qch) à refroidir, rafraîchir (un vin), réfrigérer (une viande), refroidir (l'air), faire frissonner (qn), (fig) faire trembler, (Tech) refroidir
v. intr. - refroidir (un dessert), rafraîchir (un vin)
adj. - bien frais, froid, réfrigéré

idioms:

  • chill out    décompresser, se relaxer
  • take the chill off    chambrer, faire tiédir

Deutsch (German)
v. - kühlen, abkühlen, (Tech.) abschrecken
n. - Frostigkeit, Kühle, Frösteln, Erkältung
adj. - kalt, (übertr.) kühl

idioms:

  • chill out    (ugs.) sich abregen
  • take the chill off    leicht anwärmen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - (κατα)ψύχω, παγώνω, βάφω (μέταλλο), ψυχρατσαλώνω
n. - κρυάδα, ρίγος, σύγκρυο, παγωμάρα, ψυχρότητα (συμπεριφοράς κ.λπ.), (παθολ.) κρυολόγημα, πούντα

idioms:

  • chill out    (καθομ.) ηρεμώ
  • take the chill off    χλιαραίνω

Italiano (Italian)
raffreddare, fresco, freddo, brivido

idioms:

  • chill out    calmati!
  • take the chill off    riscaldare un poco

Português (Portuguese)
v. - esfriar, desalentar
n. - calafrio (m), desalento (m)

idioms:

  • chill out    espairecer
  • take the chill off    amornar

Русский (Russian)
охлаждать, холод

idioms:

  • chill out    остынь
  • take the chill off    подогреть

Español (Spanish)
n. - frío
v. tr. - enfriar, refrigerar, templar
v. intr. - enfriarse, refrigerarse
adj. - frío

idioms:

  • chill out    descansar, relajarse, practicar el ocio
  • take the chill off    entibiar, templar o calentar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - kyla, härda
n. - kyla, kokill (tekn.)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
寒冷, 失意, 寒意, 使寒心, 冷冻, 变冷, 寒冷的, 冷漠的

idioms:

  • chill out    冷静下来
  • take the chill off    把...热一热

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 寒冷, 失意, 寒意
v. tr. - 使寒心, 冷凍
v. intr. - 變冷
adj. - 寒冷的, 冷漠的

idioms:

  • chill out    冷靜下來
  • take the chill off    把...熱一熱

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 냉기, 오한, 실의, 냉담
v. tr. - 식히다, 춥게 하다, 알맞게 데우다
v. intr. - 차지다, 얌전하게 따르다, 정열을 잃다
adj. - 차가운, 냉담한, 완전한

idioms:

  • chill out    난방 정지
  • take the chill off    (물 등을) 약간 데우다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 冷え, 悪寒, 冷淡さ, おじけ, 冷硬表面, 曇り
adj. - ひやりとする, 冷える, 冷ややかな
v. - 冷やす, 冷蔵する, 寒けを覚える, くじく, ぞっとさせる

idioms:

  • chill out    暖房停止
  • take the chill off    少し温める

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) برد, قشعريرة, جفا (الاسم) أثلج‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮צינה, קור, צמרמורת, קדרות, השפעה מדכאת, קור-מזג‬
v. tr. - ‮צינן, קירר, דיכא, הפחיד‬
v. intr. - ‮הצן, התקרר‬
adj. - ‮צונן, קריר‬


 
 

 

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