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.
Defn: 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.
Defn: Having a temper not easily excited; free from passion.
— Cool"-head`ed*ness, n.
COOLIE
Coo"lie, n.
Defn: Same as Cooly.
COOLING
Cool"ing, p.a.
Defn: 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.