transferred. Of things, substances, or agencies that affect the senses. Of cold (†or heat): Piercing, intense. Of wind, air, etc.: Very sharp…

Of cold: Intense, severe. Obsolete.

Of weather, conditions, etc.: hostile, harsh, extreme; spec. bitterly cold. Cf. rigorous, adj. 1c. Now rare.

Chilled almost to freezing; freezing cold.