"Chill" Meaning "Inhibit or Discourage"

[Jesse Sheidlower]

On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 12:09:37PM -0400, Shapiro, Fred wrote:
> Jesse,
>
> Does the OED have any kind of draft entry for _chill_ 'inhibit or
> discourage' or for the relating term _chilling effect_? What are the
> OED's earliest citations for these?

We seem not to have drafted either of these yet. I've put them on the
list.

Jesse Sheidlower
OED

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