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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Cold \Cold\, n.
1. The relative absence of heat or warmth.
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2. The sensation produced by the escape of heat; chilliness
or chillness.
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When she saw her lord prepared to part,
A deadly cold ran shivering to her heart. --Dryden.
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3. (Med.) A morbid state of the animal system produced by
exposure to cold or dampness; a catarrh.
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{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.
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