a. and sb. Obs. [a. F. chaud:—L. calid-us hot.]
1. adj. Hot. rare.
c. 1380. Antecrist, in Todd, Three Treat. Wyclif, 130. Metes … well diȝt wiþ spicerie chaud & pluse-chaud.
2. sb. Heat. rare–1.
1659. Gauden, Tears Ch., 574 (D.). The over-hot breathings of Ministers, like the chaud of Charcoale, stifle and suffocate the vital spirits of true Religion.
