[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

abscess \ab"scess\ a^b"se^s, n.; pl. abscesses
   a^b"se^se^z. l. abscessus a going away, gathering
   of humors, abscess, fr. abscessus, p. p. of absedere to go
   away; ab, abs + cedere to go off, retire. see cede. med.
   a collection of pus or purulent matter in any tissue or organ
   of the body caused by infection.
   1913 webster + as

   cold abscess,
   a an abscess of slow formation, unattended with the pain
       and heat characteristic of ordinary abscesses, and
       lasting for years without exhibiting any tendency towards
       healing; a chronic abscess. as
   b an abscess produced by tubercle bacilli, called also
       tuberculous abscess. --as
       1913 webster + as
see also:
abscesses cede cold abscess tuberculous abscess 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cold \cold\ k=old, a. compar. colder -~er; 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
see also:
colder coldest cool chill warm cold abscess 
abscess cold blast blast cold blood blood 
cold chill cold chisel cold cream cream cold slaw 
cole slaw in cold blood to give one the cold shoulder 

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