King James Bible Dictionary

COOL, adjective [G., cold, to cool; chilliness; to blow strong.]

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 A moderate state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; as the cool of the day; the cool of the morning or evening.

COOL, verb transitive

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 16:24.

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, verb intransitive

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

COOL-CUP, noun A beverage that is cooling.

COOLED, participle passive Made less hot, or less ardent.

COOLER, noun

1. That which cools; any substance which abates heat or excitement; as, acids are coolers to the body.

2. A vessel in which liquors or other things are cooled.

COOL-HEADED, adjective Having a temper not easily excited; free from passion.

COOLING, participle present tense Abating heat or excitement; making or becoming cool.

COOLISH, adjective Somewhat cool.

COOLLY, adverb

1. Without heat or sharp cold.

2. In a cool or indifferent manner; not cordially; without passion or ardor. He was coolly received at court.

3. Without haste; calmly; deliberately. The design was formed coolly and executed with firmness.

COOLNESS, noun

1. A moderate degree of cold; a temperature between cold and heat; as the coolness of the summers evening.

2. A moderate degree, or a want of passion; want of ardor, or zeal; indifference; want of affection; as, they parted with coolness