cold adj. (5 the meaning is somewhat doubtful)
1.
deliberate, cool
2H4 III. ii. 136
“a soldier,”
V. ii. 98
“
considerance,”
Cym. II. iii. 2
“the most
coldest”
[man] “that ever turned
up ace.”
2.
devoid of sensual
heat, chaste
Tp. IV. i. 66
“cold nymphs,”
MND. I. i. 73, Ham. IV. vii. 172, Cym. V. v. 182,
Compl. 293
“cold modesty.”
3.
gloomy, dispirited,
hopeless
All'sW. II. i. 147
“Where hope is
coldest,”
1H4 II. iii. 35
“cold heart,”
2H4 V. ii. 31, 3H6 III. ii. 133.
4.
chilling, damping
2H6 III. i. 86
“
news,”
R3 IV. iv. 535.
5.
without power to move
or influence Gent. IV. iv.
188,
Mer.V. II. vii. 73
“your suit is
cold.”
6.
(of scent) not
strong, faint
Tw.N. II. v. 136
“at a scent,”
Ven. 694
“the fault”
; cf. Wint. II. i.
150.
