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Webster 1913 Edition


Cooling

Cool′ing

,
p.
Adj.
Adapted to cool and refresh; allaying heat.
“The cooling brook.”
Goldsmith.
Cooling card
,
something that dashes hopes.
[Obs.]
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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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Cooling

COOLING

,
ppr.
Abating heat or excitement; making or becoming cool.