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Cool
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(superl.) Not retaining heat; light; as, a cool dress.
(2):
(n.) 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 evening.
(3):
(superl.) Moderately cold; between warm and cold; lacking in warmth; producing or promoting coolness.
(4):
(superl.) Not ardent, warm, fond, or passionate; not hasty; deliberate; exercising self-control; self-possessed; dispassionate; indifferent; as, a cool lover; a cool debater.
(5):
(v. i.) To become less hot; to lose heat.
(6):
(v. i.) To lose the heat of excitement or passion; to become more moderate.
(7):
(superl.) Manifesting coldness or dislike; chilling; apathetic; as, a cool manner.
(8):
(v. t.) To moderate the heat or excitement of; to allay, as passion of any kind; to calm; to moderate.
(9):
(v. t.) To make cool or cold; to reduce the temperature of; as, ice cools water.
(10):
(superl.) Quietly impudent; negligent of propriety in matters of minor importance, either ignorantly or willfully; presuming and selfish; audacious; as, cool behavior.
(11):
(superl.) Applied facetiously, in a vague sense, to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Cool'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/c/cool.html. 1828.
