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Definition of degree of cold in English:
degree of cold
noun
(Originally) †the extent to which a person shows coldness, as one of the characteristics of phlegm (obsolete); (in later use) the extent to which anything is cold; specifically the number of degrees below the freezing point of water; frequently in plural.
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in Richard Carew (1555–1620), antiquary and poet.
