colder

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The colder the materials employed, then, for the bread-making, the colder will be the air confined within it, and the lighter will be the bread.

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  • They say he is very particular about the weather, and likes best fine bracing days with sunshine and a moderate breeze; so, in winter he flies south, but in summer he goes farther north than man has yet been able to go Now, I've been told that the farther north you go, the colder is the climate; but this bird, who likes pleasant weather so much, goes beyond the coldest places known! —  St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, V. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878 Scribner's Illustrated
  • Night was coming on and it was growing colder, and the boys could not help but shiver I guess the best thing we can do it to try to make ourselves comfortable for the night," remarked Jack How can we make ourselves comfortable without anything to eat?" —  The Rover Boys on a Hunt or The Mysterious House in the Woods
  • It grew darker and colder, and the horses galloped on. —  The Black Cross
  • He had grown harder, colder, and stonier, since those days when he missed Alice's presence. —  All's Well Alice's Victory
  • No harder than your heart, nor colder is the hard, cold ersite of this thrice happy bench which supports your divine and fadeless form! —  Thuvia, Maid of Mars
 

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  1. Also colder, caulder, cholder, chaulder; origin unknown.
 

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