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Webster 1913 Edition
Cool
Cool
,Adj.
[
Com
par.
Cooler
; sup
erl.
Coolest
.] 1.
Moderately cold; between warm and cold; lacking in warmth; producing or promoting coolness.
Fanned with
cool
winds. Milton.
2.
Not ardent, warm, fond, or passionate; not hasty; deliberate; exercising self-control; self-possessed; dispassionate; indifferent;
as, a
. cool
lover; a cool
debaterFor a patriot, too
cool
. Goldsmith.
3.
Not retaining heat; light;
as, a
. cool
dress4.
Manifesting coldness or dislike; chilling; apathetic;
as, a
. cool
manner5.
Quietly impudent; negligent of propriety in matters of minor importance, either ignorantly or willfully; presuming and selfish; audacious;
as,
. cool
behaviorIts
cool
stare of familiarity was intolerable. Hawthorne.
6.
Applied facetiously, in a vague sense, to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.
He had lost a
cool
hundred. Fielding.
Syn. – Calm; dispassionate; self-possessed; composed; repulsive; frigid; alienated; impudent.
Cool
,Noun.
A moderate state of cold; coolness; – said of the temperature of the air between hot and cold;
as, the
. cool
of the day; the cool
of the morning or eveningCool
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Cooled
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Cooling
.] 1.
To make cool or cold; to reduce the temperature of;
as, ice
. cools
waterSend Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and
cool
my tongue. Luke xvi. 24.
2.
To moderate the heat or excitement of; to allay, as passion of any kind; to calm; to moderate.
We have reason to
cool
our raging motions, our carnal stings, our unbitted lusts. Shakespeare
To cool the heels
, to dance attendance; to wait, as for admission to a patron’s house.
[Colloq.]
Dryden.
Cool
,Verb.
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
the whilst his iron did on the anvil
cool
. Shakespeare
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Cool
COOL
,Adj.
1.
Moderately cold; being of a temperature between hot and cold; as cool air; cool water.2.
Not ardent or zealous; not angry; not fond; not excited by passion of any kind; indifferent; as a cool friend; a cool temper; a cool lover.3.
Not retaining heat; light; as a cool dress.COOL
,Noun.
COOL
,Verb.
T.
1.
To allay heat; to make cool or cold; to reduce the temperature of a substance; as, ice wools water.Send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue. Luke 16.
2.
To moderate excitement of temper; to allay, as passion of any kind; to calm, as anger; to abate, as love; to moderate, as desire, zeal or ardor; to render indifferent.COOL
, v.i.1.
To become less hot; to lose heat. Let tea or coffee cool to the temperature of the blood, before it is drank.2.
To lose the heat of excitement or passion; to become less ardent, angry, zealous, or affectionate; to become more moderate. Speak not in a passion; first let your temper cool.