a. [ Prob. p. p. of OE. acolen to grow cold or cool, AS. ācōlian to grow cold; pref. a- (cf. Goth. er-, orig. meaning out) + cōlian to cool. See Cool. ] Cold. [ Obs. ] “Poor Tom's acold.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Colder superl. Coldest. ] [ OE. cold, cald, AS. cald, ceald; akin to OS. kald, D. koud, G. kalt, Icel. kaldr, Dan. kold, Sw. kall, Goth. kalds, L. gelu frost, gelare to freeze. Orig. p. p. of AS. calan to be cold, Icel. kala to freeze. Cf. Cool, a., Chill, n. ] 1. Deprived of heat, or having a low temperature; not warm or hot; gelid; frigid. “The snowy top of cold Olympis.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Lacking the sensation of warmth; suffering from the absence of heat; chilly; shivering; as, to be cold. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Not pungent or acrid. “Cold plants.” Bacon [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Wanting in ardor, intensity, warmth, zeal, or passion; spiritless; unconcerned; reserved. [ 1913 Webster ]

A cold and unconcerned spectator. T. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

No cold relation is a zealous citizen. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Unwelcome; disagreeable; unsatisfactory. “Cold news for me.” “Cold comfort.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Wanting in power to excite; dull; uninteresting. [ 1913 Webster ]

What a deal of cold business doth a man misspend the better part of life in! B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

The jest grows cold . . . when in comes on in a second scene. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) but feebly; having lost its odor; as, a cold scent. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. Not sensitive; not acute. [ 1913 Webster ]

Smell this business with a sense as cold
As is a dead man's nose. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. Distant; -- said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed. [ 1913 Webster ]

10. (Paint.) Having a bluish effect. Cf. Warm, 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ] He was slain in cold blood after the fight 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The relative absence of heat or warmth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The sensation produced by the escape of heat; chilliness or chillness. [ 1913 Webster ]

When she saw her lord prepared to part,
A deadly cold ran shivering to her heart. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Med.) A morbid state of the animal system produced by exposure to cold or dampness; a catarrh. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To become cold. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having cold blood; -- said of fish or animals whose blood is but little warmer than the water or air about them. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Deficient in sensibility or feeling; hard-hearted. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Not thoroughbred; -- said of animals, as horses, which are derived from the common stock of a country. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. to to knock to the ground with force.
Syn. -- deck, dump, knock down, floor. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. to put coldcream on (one's face). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) A British wagtail. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Wanting passion or feeling or emotional warmth; indifferent.

-- cold"-heart`ed*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

n. an absence of concern for the welfare of others; indifference to the suffering of others.
Syn. -- heartlessness, hardheartedness. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

a. Somewhat cold; cool; chilly. [ 1913 Webster ]