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key-cold

key-cold adjective: cold as a metallic key; lifeless.

Adjective

key-cold (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Cold as a metallic key; lifeless.
    • Poore key-cold Figure of a holy King,c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
    • […] her apoſtolick vertu is departed from her, and hath left her Key-cold.1642, John Milton, The Reason of Church-Government Urg’d against Prelaty; republished in A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works of John Milton, […], volume I...

Questions about key-cold

What does key-cold mean?
Key-cold means cold as a metallic key; lifeless.
What part of speech is key-cold?
Key-cold is an adjective.

Words near key-cold in the dictionary

  1. key wrenches
  2. key-bugle
  3. key-bugles
  4. key-chain
  5. key-chains
  6. key-cold
  7. key-fruit
  8. key-fruits
  9. key-keeper
  10. key-mistress
  11. key-mistresses

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