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Cold cream   /koʊld krim/   Listen
noun
Cream  n.  
1.
The rich, oily, and yellowish part of milk, which, when the milk stands unagitated, rises, and collects on the surface. It is the part of milk from which butter is obtained.
2.
The part of any liquor that rises, and collects on the surface. (R.)
3.
A delicacy of several kinds prepared for the table from cream, etc., or so as to resemble cream.
4.
A cosmetic; a creamlike medicinal preparation. "In vain she tries her paste and creams, To smooth her skin or hide its seams."
5.
The best or choicest part of a thing; the quintessence; as, the cream of a jest or story; the cream of a collection of books or pictures. "Welcome, O flower and cream of knights errant."
Bavarian cream, a preparation of gelatin, cream, sugar, and eggs, whipped; to be eaten cold.
Cold cream, an ointment made of white wax, almond oil, rose water, and borax, and used as a salve for the hands and lips.
Cream cheese, a kind of cheese made from curd from which the cream has not been taken off, or to which cream has been added.
Cream gauge, an instrument to test milk, being usually a graduated glass tube in which the milk is placed for the cream to rise.
Cream nut, the Brazil nut.
Cream of lime.
(a)
A scum of calcium carbonate which forms on a solution of milk of lime from the carbon dioxide of the air.
(b)
A thick creamy emulsion of lime in water.
Cream of tartar (Chem.), purified tartar or argol; so called because of the crust of crystals which forms on the surface of the liquor in the process of purification by recrystallization. It is a white crystalline substance, with a gritty acid taste, and is used very largely as an ingredient of baking powders; called also potassium bitartrate, acid potassium tartrate, etc.


adjective
Cold  adj.  (compar. colder; superl. coldest)  
1.
Deprived of heat, or having a low temperature; not warm or hot; gelid; frigid. "The snowy top of cold Olympis."
2.
Lacking the sensation of warmth; suffering from the absence of heat; chilly; shivering; as, to be cold.
3.
Not pungent or acrid. "Cold plants."
4.
Wanting in ardor, intensity, warmth, zeal, or passion; spiritless; unconcerned; reserved. "A cold and unconcerned spectator." "No cold relation is a zealous citizen."
5.
Unwelcome; disagreeable; unsatisfactory. "Cold news for me." "Cold comfort."
6.
Wanting in power to excite; dull; uninteresting. "What a deal of cold business doth a man misspend the better part of life in!" "The jest grows cold... when in comes on in a second scene."
7.
Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) but feebly; having lost its odor; as, a cold scent.
8.
Not sensitive; not acute. "Smell this business with a sense as cold As is a dead man's nose."
9.
Distant; said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed.
10.
(Paint.) Having a bluish effect. Cf. Warm, 8.
Cold abscess. See under Abscess.
Cold blast See under Blast, n., 2.
Cold blood. See under Blood, n., 8.
Cold chill, an ague fit.
Cold chisel, a chisel of peculiar strength and hardness, for cutting cold metal.
Cold cream. See under Cream.
Cold slaw. See Cole slaw.
In cold blood, without excitement or passion; deliberately. "He was slain in cold blood after the fight was over."
To give one the cold shoulder, to treat one with neglect.
Synonyms: Gelid; bleak; frigid; chill; indifferent; unconcerned; passionless; reserved; unfeeling; stoical.





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"Cold cream" Quotes from Famous Books



... committing other pranks with it, such as the scrubbing of the deck, and currying of Sailor's back, left it to batten on the fish-bones in the said Sailor's hutch; and was, moreover, seen by the aforesaid complainant to remove R——'s small ivory box of cold cream from the dressing-case, and, ascending the deck,—not as human creatures do by the companion-stairs, but along the companion-banisters, carrying the purloined article in his tail,—to anoint, in the first instance, his own pugged nose; and, in the second ...
— A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden - 2nd edition • W. A. Ross
... I used to think she was probably lying on the sofa with cold cream on her face, or something of that sort. But she doesn't. Once I went in,' Edith smiled, 'and found her ...
— Love at Second Sight • Ada Leverson
... the photograph of a group of prominent beekeepers, says:—"Mr. Dadant's well-known features are easily spotted." We are sorry, but a little cold cream will sometimes do wonders. ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, August 19th, 1914 • Various
... heart of war. We took hold of a room knee-high with battered furniture and wet plaster, cleaned it, spread army blankets on springs, found a bowl and jug, and made a den for the chauffeur. In our own room, we arranged an old lamp, then a shade to soften the light. On a mantel, were puttees, cold cream and a couple of books; in the wall, nails for coats and scarfs. The soldiers, entering, said it was homelike. It was a rest after the dreariness of the trench. We brought glass from Furnes, and patched the windows. We ...
— Golden Lads • Arthur Gleason and Helen Hayes Gleason
... here than elsewhere. It is a popular error to suppose that by wearing masks of fine linen or cambric illined with particular ointments, these scars or pits may be prevented: it is impossible to prevent them; and any local application, except a little cold cream or oil of almonds applied to the scabs when they harden, will prove more injurious than useful. The child's hands, however, should always be muffled to prevent its scratching or breaking the sores, for otherwise he will not be kept from thus attempting ...
— The Maternal Management of Children, in Health and Disease. • Thomas Bull, M.D.
... out and there was scarcely any hot water and young Julie had just filled the tub for her own little self when the wicked sister came and did bathe herself therein, forcing the young Julie to perform her ablutions with cold cream—which is expensive and a darn lot ...
— Tales of the Jazz Age • F. Scott Fitzgerald
... wear a veil and was somewhat acquainted with cold cream, and my hands were really white and soft. They are hard and brown now. When I get home I'll put it straight to Asher about going back to civilization, even if there are only a few dollars waiting to take us there, and nothing waiting ...
— Winning the Wilderness • Margaret Hill McCarter


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