Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Chilled; chilly.
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Examples
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During a mass at the House of Prayer in Achill, Ms Gallagher’s spiritual director, John McGinnity, told followers that Ms Gallagher was treated like a criminal and that she “never went looking for money”.
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The movement has grown into an international enterprise with a chain of Houses of Prayer in America and thousands flock to her church on Achill Island.
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In 1982, some kind souls at University College Dublin took me on a weekend excursion out to Achill, in the remotest west.
AC/DC Inspired Czech Leader’s “Road to Hell” Riff - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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Last year in Achill it was also out of action for the two weeks we were there due to what turned out to be a very small electrical problem dirt in the ignition – at least in Achill I could put it on my bike trailer and drive it home.
1st July – Harley problems continue Dr. Eugene F.M. O'Loughlin 2008
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I first used it to take my Harley to Achill on holidays last summer.
Trailer by Joe(s) O'Loughlin Senior and Junior Dr. Eugene F.M. O'Loughlin 2008
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The deputation stated the peculiar circumstances of Achill -- the total destruction of the potato crop there, and the absence of grain crops in any quantity, owing to the exposed position of the island.
The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines John O'Rourke
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In parts of the West the living were unable to bury the dead, more especially in Achill, where, in many cases, the famine-stricken people were found dead on the roadside.
The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines John O'Rourke
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The poor inhabitants of the islands between this place and Achill
Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. Bernard H. Becker
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[159] A deputation from the island of Achill had an interview with Sir
The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines John O'Rourke
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A leading morning journal remarked, that Sir R. R.uth's reply to the Achill deputation had not even the merit of originality; for there was an Eastern story, in which it was related how a deputation of Sheiks came, once upon a time, to the Calif, and announced the sad intelligence that all their date trees had withered, and his subjects were perishing throughout the region whence they had come.
The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines John O'Rourke
hernesheir commented on the word Achill
A prime location in which to catch a chill in winter.
December 16, 2010