Chapter Cony-catcher to Coördinate of C by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Cool
(Cool), v. i.

1. To become less hot; to lose heat.

I saw a smith stand with his hammer, thus,
the whilst his iron did on the anvil cool.
Shak.

2. To lose the heat of excitement or passion; to become more moderate.

I will not give myself liberty to think, lest I should cool.
Congreve.

Cooler
(Cool"er) n. That which cools, or abates heat or excitement.

if acid things were used only as coolers, they would not be so proper in this case.
Arbuthnot.

2. Anything in or by which liquids or other things are cooled, as an ice chest, a vessel for ice water, etc.

Cool-headed
(Cool"-head`ed) a. Having a temper not easily excited; free from passion. — Cool"- head`ed*ness, n.

Coolie
(Coo"lie) n. Same as Cooly.

Cooling
(Cool"ing) p. a. Adapted to cool and refresh; allaying heat. "The cooling brook." Goldsmith.

Cooling card, something that dashes hopes. [Obs.] — Cooling time (Law), such a lapse of time as ought, taking all the circumstances of the case in view, to produce a subsiding of passion previously provoked. Wharton.

Coolish
(Cool"ish), a. Somewhat cool.

The nights began to grow a little coolish.
Goldsmith.

Coolly
(Cool"ly), a. Coolish; cool. [Obs.] Spenser.

Coolly
(Cool"ly), adv. In a cool manner; without heat or excessive cold; without passion or ardor; calmly; deliberately; with indifference; impudently.

Coolness
(Cool"ness), n.

1. The state of being cool; a moderate degree of cold; a moderate degree, or a want, of passion; want of ardor, zeal, or affection; calmness.

2. Calm impudence; self-possession. [Colloq.]

Coolung
(Coo"lung) n. [From the native name.] (Zoöl.) The great gray crane of India [Also written coolen and cullum.]

Cooly
(Coo"ly, Coo"lie) n.; pl. Coolies [Hind. kli a laborer, porter: cf. Turk. kl, kyleh, slave.] An East Indian porter or carrier; a laborer transported from the East Indies, China, or Japan, for service in some other country.

Coom
(Coom) n. [Cf. G. kahm mold gathered on liquids, D. kam, Sw. kimrök pine soot, smoke black, Icel. kam grime, film of dirt.] Soot; coal dust; refuse matter, as the dirty grease which comes from axle boxes, or the refuse at the mouth of an oven. Phillips. Bailey.

Coomb
(Coomb) n. [AS. cumb a liquid measure, perh. from LL. cumba boat, tomb of stone, fr. Gr. hollow of a vessel, cup, boat, but cf. G. kumpf bowl.] A dry measure of four bushels, or half a quarter. [Written also comb.]