Cool | Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Cōol, a.

adjective

a. [compar. COOLER; superl. COOLEST.] [A-S. cōl, D. koel, Ger. kühl, O. H. Ger. chuoli, Dan. kölig, Sw. kylig; A-S. keljan, to cool, calm, to be cold, Icel. kala, to blow coldly. See COLD and CHILL.]

Sense 1. Moderately cold; somewhat cold; lacking in warmth; approaching coldness. “Fanned with cool winds.” Milton.

Sense 2. Producing or promoting coolness.

A shelter, and a kind of shading, cool Interposition, as a summer’s cloud. Milton.

Sense 3. Calm, or free from excitement by passion; exercising self-control; indifferent; deliberate.

Lovers and madmen have such seething brains, Such shaping fantasies, that apprehend More than cool reason ever comprehends. Shak.

Sense 4. Manifesting coldness or dislike; chilling; as, a cool manner.

Sense 5. Quietly impudent; negligent of propriety in matters of minor importance, either ignorantly or willfully; as, cool behavior.

Synonyms—Calm; dispassionate; self-possessed; composed; repulsive; frigid; alienated; impudent.

Cōŏl, n.

noun

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

Cōōl, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. COOLED; p. pr. & vb. n. COOLING.] [A-S. cōljan, acōlian, D. koelen, Ger. kühlen, O. H. Ger. chuolan, Dan. köle, kiöle, Sw. kyla.] 1. To make cool or cold; to reduce the temperature of; as, ice cools water. Send 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 abate; to moderate. We have reason to cool our raging motions, our carnal stings, our unbitted lusts. Shak.

Cōŏl, v. i.

verbintransitive

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 less ardent, angry, zealous, or affectionate; to become more moderate. I will not give myself liberty to think, lest I should cool. Congreve.