Hawthor&?;&?;.
5. Violent; vehement; furious; excited; passionate; as, a warm contest;
a warm debate.
Welcome, daylight; we shall have warm work on't.
Dryden.
6. Being well off as to property, or in good circumstances; forehanded;
rich. [Colloq.]
Warm householders, every one of them.
W. Irving.
You shall have a draft upon him, payable at sight: and let me tell you
he as warm a man as any within five miles round him.
Goldsmith.
7. In children's games, being near the object sought for; hence, being
close to the discovery of some person, thing, or fact concealed.
[Colloq.]
Here, indeed, young Mr. Dowse was getting "warm," &?;&?; children say
at blindman's buff.
Black.
8. (Paint.) Having yellow or red for a basis, or in their composition;
— said of colors, and opposed to cold which is of blue and its
compounds.
Syn. — Ardent; zealous; fervent; glowing; enthusiastic; cordial; keen;
violent; furious; hot.
Warm, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Warmed (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Warming.] [AS.
wearmian. See Warm, a.]
1. To communicate a moderate degree of heat to; to render warm; to
supply or furnish heat to; as, a stove warms an apartment.
Then shall it [an ash tree] be for a man to burn; for he will take
thereof and warm himself.