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chiller|ˈtʃɪlə(r)| [f. chill v. + -er1.] One who or that which chills. Also in comb., as beer-chiller.
1798M. Wollstonecraft Posth. Wks. III. l. 149 Tormented, as I now am, by these North-east chillers..Give me, gracious Heaven! at least, genial weather. 1836[see beer n.1 4]. 1921Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §279 Chiller; sprays moulds with water after use, to cool them, and sometimes whilst in use in order to hasten cooling of steel ingot. 1965Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 1 Oct. 16 One of his portable mobile chillers. 1968K. Weatherly Roo Shooter 6 The chiller was built on to a large four-wheeled trailer. |