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Set of techniques used by mentalists, psychics, fortune-tellers, and mediums
Cold reading is a set of techniques used by mentalists, psychics, fortune-tellers, and mediums. Without prior knowledge, a practiced cold-reader can quickly
Cold_reading
Reading aloud from a script with little or no preparation
Theatrical cold reading is reading aloud from a script or other text with little or no rehearsal, practice or study in advance. Sometimes also referred
Cold_reading_(theatrical)
Technique used when giving a psychic reading in stage magic performances
not aware that the reader already knows. Hot reading is commonly used in conjunction with cold reading (where no previously gathered information is used)
Hot_reading
Discerning information through heightened perceptive abilities
conditions have failed to find any precognitive phenomena in humans. A cold reading technique allows psychics to produce seemingly specific information about
Psychic_reading
American reality show personality
published two books. Critics state that Henry's readings are performed using deceptive cold reading and hot reading techniques, and not "psychic" powers. Henry
Tyler_Henry
Performing art showcasing mental abilities
" As such, Einstein here alluded to techniques of modern mentalism. Cold reading Memory sport Mnemonist Scientific skepticism Thirteen Steps To Mentalism
Mentalism
American purported psychic medium
Pit, reported on in The New York Times in 2019. Fraser uses classic cold reading techniques to convince his audience that he possesses paranormal powers
Matt_Fraser_(psychic)
Foretelling the future through the study of the palm
often include palmists on lists of alleged psychics who practice cold reading. Cold reading is the practice that allows readers of all kinds, including palmists
Palmistry
Psychic ability
identified, described, and developed psychological techniques of cold reading and hot reading. The notion of telepathy is not dissimilar to three clinical
Telepathy
Spiritual practice
"mental mediumship" tactics like cold reading or gleaning information from sitters beforehand (hot reading). Group readings also improve hits by making general
Mediumship
Tendency to interpret vague statements as meaningful ones
attention to the cold reading technique", Denis Dutton wrote in 1988, "in as much as the widespread practice of successful cold reading forms the basis
Barnum_effect
Topics referred to by the same term
senses The illusion of telepathy in the performing art of mentalism Cold reading, a set of techniques used by mentalists to imply that the reader knows
Mind_reading
American psychic medium (born 1969)
Edward assert that he performs the mentalist techniques of hot reading and cold reading, in which one respectively uses prior knowledge or a wide array
John_Edward
English actress
dancer Carla in Faith & Cold Reading opposite Stephen Tompkinson. She earned positive reviews for her role in Faith & Cold Reading. Chris Collett of The
Laura_Norton
Person claiming extrasensory perception abilities
magicians, who use various techniques, e.g. prestidigitation, cold reading, and hot reading, to produce the appearance of such abilities for entertainment
Psychic
Aspect of extrasensory perception
psychic reading. Skeptics explain alleged successes of psychometry by cold reading and confirmation bias. Skeptic Robert Todd Carroll describes psychometry
Psychometry_(paranormal)
Practice of predicting information about a person's life
Cold reading: by using visual and aural clues Crystallomancy: by crystal ball also called scrying Extispicy: by the entrails of animals Face reading:
Fortune-telling
2021 neo-noir film by Guillermo del Toro
Madame Zeena and Pete teach Stan how to use the coded language and cold reading tricks in their act, while warning him against pretending to speak to
Nightmare_Alley_(2021_film)
Paranormal sight of the future
Supernatural Telekinesis Telepathy Table-turning Ufology Skepticism Cold reading Committee for Skeptical Inquiry Debunking Hoax James Randi Educational
Precognition
Using tarot cards to perform divination
Tarot card reading is a form of cartomancy whereby practitioners use tarot cards to purportedly gain insight into the past, present or future. The process
Tarot_card_reading
American actor (born 1945)
New York. He continued to feel anxiety, however, with the process of cold reading during auditions and depended upon compensation strategies. By 1973,
Henry_Winkler
1947–1991 geopolitical rivalry between US and USSR
The Cold War was a period of international geopolitical rivalry between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) and their respective allies
Cold_War
American psychic
reflects reality. Critics maintain that Van Praagh's readings are produced through cold reading and hot reading techniques and not through psychic powers. Van
James_Van_Praagh
American crime drama TV series (2008–2015)
"there's no such thing as psychics," yet he has finely honed skills in cold reading, hypnosis, and picking pockets, as well as his intuitive observations
The_Mentalist
Person who writes plays
cold reading of a script in an informal sitdown setting, which allows them to evaluate their own plays and the actors performing them. Cold reading means
Playwright
American psychic
appearance of psychic powers through cold reading techniques. For example, DuBois, when doing her first reading of Schwartz, told him that his deceased
Allison_DuBois
Self-proclaimed British psychic
death demonstrated that she used fraudulent techniques including cold reading, hot reading, and planting accomplices in her audience. Stokes was born in
Doris_Stokes
Technique used by mentalists to determine the thoughts or knowledge of a subject
the other players for potential bluffs and/or better hands. Billet reading Cold reading Ideomotor effect Christopher, Milbourne. (1996). The Illustrated
Muscle_reading
Israeli-British illusionist and self-proclaimed psychic (born 1946)
getting the club's supporters to look into his eyes and say "win, Reading, win.” Reading manager Alan Pardew dismissed Geller's role in the club's survival
Uri_Geller
1961 book on mentalism by Tony Corinda
dead as a medium. The book has detailed information regarding cold reading, hot reading, the construction and use of such devices as the swami gimmick
Thirteen_Steps_to_Mentalism
Form of theatre without sets or costumes
with actions, on a stage. A stage reading of a new play in development is an intermediate phase between a cold reading, with the cast usually sitting around
Stage_reading
Urban legend based on a region in North Atlantic
little to no warning of a hurricane's approach. A powerful downdraft of cold air was suspected to be a cause in the sinking of Pride of Baltimore on 14
Bermuda_Triangle
English TV personality
following across his career, whilst critics said his capabilities came from cold reading. Colin Fry was born on 19 May 1962 in Haywards Heath, Sussex. He claimed
Colin_Fry
Off-Broadway theatre company in New York City
known for developing new works through Tuesdays@9, the longest-running cold reading series in America. The theatre has premiered works that have transferred
Naked Angels (theater company)
Naked_Angels_(theater_company)
Investigating reportedly haunted locations for ghosts
a cold spot is an area of localized coldness or a sudden decrease in ambient temperature. Temperature decreases claimed to be associated with cold spots
Ghost_hunting
Projecting human traits onto computers
chatbots Chinese room – Thought experiment on artificial intelligence Cold reading – Set of techniques used by mentalists, psychics, fortune-tellers, and
ELIZA_effect
Dutch ESP medium (1911–1988)
magazine Skeptical Inquirer that Hurkos used cold reading methods and published a transcription of such a reading in their autumn 1978 issue. Hurkos: I see
Peter_Hurkos
British illusionist (born 1971)
techniques, memory techniques, hypnosis, body language reading, cognitive psychology, cold reading, and psychological, subliminal (specifically the use
Derren_Brown
Book written by Gary Schwartz and William L. Simon
cold reading. All five mediums performed a reading for the first sitter, but due to time and filming limitations, only two mediums performed readings
The_Afterlife_Experiments
State of low temperature
Cold is the presence of low temperature, especially in the atmosphere. In common usage, cold is often a subjective perception. A lower bound to temperature
Cold
2009 American TV series
Porn Minus Porn, a comedy show where actors parody softcore porn by cold reading scripts. Heather Vandeven as Bella Marie: A successful erotic model for
Life_on_Top
Type of psychological bias
to the Forer effect, subjective validation is an important element in cold reading. It is considered to be the main reason behind most reports of paranormal
Subjective_validation
American remote viewing pioneer (1933–2013)
Experiences", Karlis Osis, ASPR Newsletter, No. 14-Summer 1972 pp. 2,4. "CIA Reading Room cia-rdp96-00787r000400100012-6: ASPR NEWSLETTER". Retrieved March
Ingo_Swann
Fictional character
skills of cold reading, and hot reading. However, since he began work with the CBI he switched to more honest, psychological methods of reading people.
Patrick_Jane
Mythical creature in Scottish folklore
existence is anecdotal, with a number of disputed photographs and sonar readings. The scientific community explains alleged sightings of the Loch Ness Monster
Loch_Ness_Monster
U.S. Army investigations of psychic phenomena
police officer and former Scientologist who participated in a number of Cold War era remote viewing experiments, including the U.S. government-sponsored
Stargate Project (U.S. Army unit)
Stargate_Project_(U.S._Army_unit)
City in Pennsylvania, US
Reading (/ˈrɛdɪŋ/ RED-ing; Pennsylvania German: Reddin) is a city in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. The city had a population
Reading,_Pennsylvania
Psudoscientific claims of animal communication
reported on this topic in the Skeptical Inquirer in 2002. He reported that cold reading can explain why so many pet psychics appear to communicate with animals
Pet_psychic
American writer (1936–2013)
McClelland's son-in-law David Repasky, who had been present at Browne's reading, was convicted of murdering McClelland; her remains were found near her
Sylvia_Browne
15th episode of the 6th season of South Park
books, to learn more about cold reading. In an attempt to persuade Kyle that Edward is a fake, Stan demonstrates cold reading on some passersby as they
The Biggest Douche in the Universe
The_Biggest_Douche_in_the_Universe
American social media business
Cold reading Flim-Flam! (Psychics, ESP, Unicorns and other Delusions) Fortune telling fraud Houdini's debunking of psychics and mediums Hot reading List
Psychic_Friends_Network
American psychology professor (born 1928)
your new found psychic powers!", a guide to cold reading. According to Jim Alcock, "His article on cold reading, so Paul Kurtz informs me, has generated
Ray_Hyman
American phone and television psychic (1962–2016)
Jamaican accent when she moved to Florida and began working as a tarot-reading psychic for a telemarketing center. Harris was approached by Access Resource
Miss_Cleo
communicate with the dead; reported successes are generally attributed to cold reading, the Barnum effect, selective reporting, sensory leakage or fraud. Proponents
Mediumship_studies
Person who investigates crimes by using purported psychic abilities
discovered later. In addition to cases of retrofitting, the apparent use of cold reading (a psychic's fishing for information while appearing to gain it paranormally)
Psychic_detective
American actor (1921–2000)
Series) as Bud The Twilight Zone (1986, Episode: ""Cold Reading"") as Sol (segment "Cold Reading") Mama's Family (1986, Episode: "Where There's a Will")
Ralph_Manza
American trance medium (1857–1950)
Piper's mediumship have described mentalist techniques such as cold reading, muscle reading and "fishing", all techniques that she may have used to gather
Leonora_Piper
American writer (1874–1932)
considerable knowledge of the world was mainly due to his extensive personal reading. At age 18, Fort left New York to embark on a world tour to "put some capital
Charles_Fort
Parapsychological and spiritual concept
type of holistic healing within the New Age movement claim to use aura reading techniques, such as bioenergetic analysis, spiritual energy and energy
Aura_(paranormal)
Method of finding an actor for a role
or alternatively, the actor may be given a script to read at sight ("cold reading"). In some cases, the actor may be asked to read a scene, in which another
Screen_test
Self-described healer & medium
use "mental mediumship" tactics like cold reading or gleaning information from sitters beforehand. Group readings also improve hits by making general statements
Rosemary_Altea
English actor (born 1951)
acclaimed one-person play, White Rabbit, Red Rabbit, which is enacted as a cold reading with no sets or costumes by a different performer each night. Whately
Kevin_Whately
Cold temperature anomaly North Atlantic surface waters
The cold blob in the North Atlantic (also called the North Atlantic warming hole) is a cold temperature anomaly of ocean surface waters, affecting the
Cold_blob
American legal commentator and television journalist
unfortunately been fooled by the usual fraudulent techniques of cold reading and hot reading used by "grief vampires" like Henry to convince people that they
Nancy_Grace
Bias confirming existing attitudes
This is one of the techniques of cold reading, with which a psychic can deliver a subjectively impressive reading without any prior information about
Confirmation_bias
Record label
2016. "Song Premiere: Cold Reading - Books & Comfort". New Noise Magazine. July 11, 2017. "Cold Reading on Krod Records". Cold Reading. "EARL GREY: German
Krod_Records
Australian science writer
personal details were obtained by mere cold reading techniques. On some occasions, Kelly has had to stop the reading as the client has become extremely emotional
Lynne_Kelly_(science_writer)
American psychic medium
including his use of information acquired online during group readings (hot readings). According to John, he had his first psychic experience when he
Thomas_John_(medium)
American clairvoyant (1877–1945)
quotes Cayce as saying that he had given 8,056 readings to date. He recorded some 13,000 to 14,000 readings after that date. Other abilities attributed to
Edgar_Cayce
2015 Japanese novel by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
"What We Are Reading Today: Before the Coffee Gets Cold". Arab News. 2023-05-30. Retrieved 2023-09-23. "'Before the Coffee Gets Cold' review: A chance
Before_the_Coffee_Gets_Cold
Chinese voice actor (born 1984)
will be necessary for stronger dubs, according to the actor. After all, cold-reading is difficult for any actor, and dubbing now frequently uses it. The actor
Kaiji_Tang
Inquiries far outside of mainstream science
on cold fusion or have participated in international conferences on it. In 2004, the United States Department of Energy commissioned a panel on cold fusion
Fringe_science
This is a list of Reading Rainbow episodes, hosted by longtime executive producer LeVar Burton. The show premiered on PBS on July 11, 1983. The final
List of Reading Rainbow episodes
List_of_Reading_Rainbow_episodes
Claim of special powers
after forty-five days. In 1889, the Boston Globe ran a story, "Who Took the Cold Potato? Dr. Mary Walker Says the Fasting Girl Bit a Doughnut." Dr. Mary Edwards
Fasting_girl
House or other building perceived as being inhabited by spirits
hallucinations or confirmation biases. Common symptoms of hauntings, like cold spots and creaking or knocking sounds, can be found in most homes regardless
Haunted_house
Coffee made by steeping grounds in cold water
Cold brew coffee, also called cold water extraction or cold pressing, is a type of coffee prepared by the process of steeping coffee grounds in water
Cold_brew_coffee
American psychic and convicted fraudster (born 1973)
and has a daughter, Hillarie Miller. Ann O'Delia Diss Debar Charlatan Cold reading Confidence trick Con artist Flim-Flam! (Psychics, ESP, Unicorns and other
Gina_Marks
Research program at Princeton University that studied parapsychology
ISBN 9780226667874. Hopkins, Peter L. (2002-04-11). "Princeton studies mind reading - or did you already know that?". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 2014-12-03
Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research Lab
Princeton_Engineering_Anomalies_Research_Lab
Test required in some places for broadcasters
better-known tests originated at Radio Central New York in the early 1940s as a cold reading test given to prospective radio talent to demonstrate their speaking
Announcer's_test
1946 novel by William Lindsay Gresham
written audience questions. Stan also begins to pick up Zeena's talent for cold reading. He eventually leaves the carnival with the beautiful and naïve electric
Nightmare_Alley_(novel)
Ongoing period of history since 1991
The post–Cold War era is a period of history that has been ongoing since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, which began in 1988 and marked the end of
Post–Cold_War_era
Vital force in traditional Chinese philosophy
qi: cold, hot, warm, and cool. Cold qi medicines are used to treat invasions hot in nature, while hot qi medicines are used to treat invasions cold in
Qi
Final phase of the Cold War
The time period of around 1985–1991 marked the final period of the Cold War. It was characterized by systemic reform within the Soviet Union, the easing
Cold_War_(1985–1991)
British sceptic (born 1961)
Reports under the user name ianzin. Citing Rowland's explanation of how cold reading is used in the psychic industry, Canadian journalist Malcolm Gladwell
Ian_Rowland
Netflix documentary series
"explore ideas that may seem out-there," namely, psychedelic drugs, Wim Hof's cold therapy, female sexuality, anti-aging diets, "energy" healing, and communication
The_Goop_Lab
Attempt to gain insight into a question or situation through magic or the supernatural
throughout history, diviners have been providing answers to querents by reading signs, events, or omens, often receiving insight through supernatural agencies
Divination
American television series (2011–2019)
are simply the result of well-known exploits like the Forer effect, cold reading, selective editing of the show, and her subjects' eagerness to believe
Long_Island_Medium
Term referring to heightened tensions in the 21st century
The terms Second Cold War, Cold War II, and New Cold War have been used by scholars and journalists to describe heightened geopolitical tensions in the
Second_Cold_War
1966 novel by Truman Capote
In Cold Blood is a non-fiction novel by the American author Truman Capote, first published in 1966. It details the 1959 Clutter family murders in the small
In_Cold_Blood
Interpretation of body motion communication
competence Metacommunicative competence Nonverbal communication Body language Cold reading Eye contact Facial expression Gesture Posture Proxemics Paralanguage
Kinesics
2008 film directed by Joel and Ethan Coen
Burn After Reading sound funnier than it is. The movie's glacial affectlessness, its remove from all these subpar schemers, left me cold and perplexed
Burn_After_Reading
Public school in Cold Spring Harbor, New York, United States
the students were found to be proficient in math and or reading. The graduation rate at Cold Spring Harbor High School is 95 percent. Average SAT scores
Cold Spring Harbor Jr./Sr. High School
Cold_Spring_Harbor_Jr./Sr._High_School
Shopping center in Philadelphia
and by 1959 was only 70 percent occupied, forcing Reading to raise rents. The state-of-the-art cold storage facility was shut down and dismantled, forcing
Reading_Terminal_Market
Theory about ghosts
stone tape" is psychometry, which is criticised for being a form of cold reading rather than an unexplained supernatural phenomenon. Hill, Sharon (29
Stone_Tape_theory
2017 Indian Telugu-language film
also assists the Police Department as a human lie detector with his cold reading techniques. Rudra decides to solve the mystery in the resort. Beyond
Raju_Gari_Gadhi_2
Nuclear bunker in Berkshire, UK
from the early days of the Cold War, on the Whiteknights Park campus of the University of Reading in the English town of Reading. It is one of a number of
Region_6_War_Room
Horse claimed to be psychic (1924–1957)
and he decided to test if Fonda was employing a technique called pencil reading, where mentalists track the writing movement to "predict" what is written
Lady_Wonder
American actress (born 1961)
in North Hollywood, Los Angeles. "Los Angeles Acting School Faculty: cold reading, master acting class, commercial audition". Theactingcorps.com. Retrieved
Sydney_Walsh
The Cold War was reflected in culture through music, movies, books, television, and other media, as well as sports, social beliefs, and behavior. Major
The Cold War in popular culture
The_Cold_War_in_popular_culture
Weather event
The cold wave of January 1977 produced the only known trace of snow in the greater Miami area of Florida ever reported. It occurred following the passage
Cold_wave_of_January_1977
COLD READING
COLD READING
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a reduced form of the personal name Nicholas.Scottish or Irish : reduced form of McColl.Catalan : topographic name from coll ‘mountain pass’, from Latin collis ‘hill’.Americanized spelling of German Koll or Kohl.
Male
English
 Short form of English Malcolm, COLM means "devotee of St. Columb." Compare with another form of Colm.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a maker of purses and bags, from Middle English cod ‘bag’.English : nickname for a man noted for his apparent sexual prowess, from cod(piece), in Tudor times the garment worn prominently over the male genitals.English : from Middle English cod, the fish (of uncertain origin, perhaps a transferred use of 1), applied as a metonymic occupational name for a fisherman or seller of these fish, or possibly as a nickname for someone thought to resemble the fish in some way.Irish : variant of Cody.Irish (County Wexford) : from the Anglo-Saxon personal name Cod.
Male
English
 English surname transferred to forename use, derived from Old English Cola, COLE means "black, coal." This name is also sometimes used as a pet form of Nicholas, meaning "victor of the people."
Surname or Lastname
English (Devon)
English (Devon) : from Middle English cÅde ‘cobbler’s wax’, probably applied as an occupational nickname for a cobbler’s assistant. Alternatively, it may be a topographic name from Old Cornish cuit ‘wood’.
Boy/Male
English American
From the dark town. : Unknown owner of property.
Male
Irish
 Old Irish form of Latin Columba, COLM means "dove." Compare with another form of Colm.
Boy/Male
English
Blond.
Surname or Lastname
Jewish (Ashkenazic)
Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from modern German Gold, Yiddish gold ‘gold’. In North America it is often a reduced form of one of the many compound ornamental names of which Gold is the first element.English and German : from Old English, Old High German gold ‘gold’, applied as a metonymic occupational name for someone who worked in gold, i.e. a refiner, jeweler, or gilder, or as a nickname for someone who either had many gold possessions or bright yellow hair.English : from an Old English personal name Golda (or the feminine Golde), which persisted into the Middle Ages as a personal name. The name was in part a byname from gold ‘gold’, and in part a short form of the various compound names with this first element.
Girl/Female
British, English
Gold
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from Middle English bold ‘courageous’, ‘daring’ (Old English b(e)ald, cognate with Old High German bald). In some cases it may derive from an Old English personal name (see Bald).English : topographic name for someone who lived or worked at the main house in a settlement, from Old English bold, the usual West Midland and northwestern form of Old English bÅðl, bÅtl ‘dwelling house’, ‘hall’.English : habitational name for someone from Bold in Lancashire, which is named with Old English bold ‘dwelling’, as in 2 above.German : from the Germanic personal name Baldo, a short form of the various compound names with the element bald ‘bold’, notably Baldwin in the north, and Reinbold in the south.Swedish : probably of German origin.
Boy/Male
American, British, English
Gold; Blond
Surname or Lastname
Norwegian
Norwegian : variant spelling of Vold (see Voll).English : topographic name for someone who lived on any of the areas of open upland known from Middle English times onwards as wolds (e.g. the Yorkshire Wolds or the Cotswolds). This term derives from Old English wald ‘forest’ (see Wald). After the extensive clearance of forests in England, from before the Norman Conquest onward, the Old English term wald came to denote open uplands (wolds) in Middle English in certain areas of England.
Girl/Female
British, English
Gold
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, English
Young Horse; Frisky; From the Dark Town; Diminutive of Colston; Unknown Owner of Property; Renowned Mariner; Colt
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Old Norse hǫldr, within the Danelaw (the region of pre-conquest England where Danish rule and custom was dominant) a rank of feudal nobility immediately below that of earl.German : nickname from Middle High German holde ‘friend’ or ‘servant’, ‘vassal’.German (Höld) : variant of Held ‘hero’ (see Held 1), found chiefly in Bavaria.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a Middle English pet form of Nicholas.English : from a Middle English personal name derived from the Old English byname Cola (from col ‘(char)coal’, presumably denoting someone of swarthy appearance), or the Old Norse cognate Koli.Scottish and Irish : when not of English origin, this is a reduced and altered form of McCool.In some cases, particularly in New England, Cole is a translation of the French surname Charbonneau.Probably an Americanized spelling of German Kohl.An Irish family by the name of Cole was established in Fermanagh by Sir William Cole (1576–1653). He was the first Provost of Enniskillen, and his descendants became earls of Enniskillen. The family is thought to have originated in Devon or Cornwall.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English colt ‘young ass’, later also ‘young horse’, ‘colt’, hence a metonymic occupational name for someone who looked after asses and horses, or a nickname for an obstinate or frisky person, from the same word. In northern England colt was a generic term for working horses and asses.
Boy/Male
German English
Honest advisor.
Girl/Female
British, English
Gold
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COLD READING
Girl/Female
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
The Bee
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
The Essence of the Absolute
Boy/Male
Tamil
Limitless shank, Boundless, Protector
Female
Dutch
, firm spear.
Female
English
English name derived from the vocabulary word, SCOUT means simply "scout," used by author Harper Lee for a character in her novel To Kill a Mockingbird.Â
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Tamil
God Lakshmi; Blessing
Girl/Female
Arabic, Swahili
Woman; Life
Boy/Male
Indian
Silent.
Girl/Female
Indian
Good
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Tamil
Auspicious Apsara
COLD READING
COLD READING
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n.
Lacking the sensation of warmth; suffering from the absence of heat; chilly; shivering; as, to be cold.
a.
Cold as a stone.
a.
Cold as a metallic key; lifeless.
superl.
Long practiced; hence, skilled; experienced; cunning; as, an old offender; old in vice.
v. t.
To confine in a fold, as sheep.
superl.
Old-fashioned; wonted; customary; as of old; as, the good old times; hence, colloquially, gay; jolly.
a.
Brittle when cold; as, cold-short iron.
a.
Encompassed with gold.
v. i.
To confine sheep in a fold.
v. i.
To become cold.
a.
Cold.
v. i.
To be or become bold.
v. t.
Figuratively, something precious or pure; as, hearts of gold.
a.
Closed while too cold to become thoroughly welded; -- said of a forging or casting.
n.
A morbid state of the animal system produced by exposure to cold or dampness; a catarrh.
superl.
Formerly existing; ancient; not modern; preceding; original; as, an old law; an old custom; an old promise.
v. t.
To bind with a cord; to fasten with cords; to connect with cords; to ornament or finish with a cord or cords, as a garment.
n.
Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) but feebly; having lost its odor; as, a cold scent.
v. t.
To lap or lay in plaits or folds; to lay one part over another part of; to double; as, to fold cloth; to fold a letter.
v. t.
To make bold or daring.