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Cool \Cool\, a. [Compar. {Cooler}; superl. {Coolest}.] [AS.
c[=o]l; akin to D. koel, G. k["u]hl, OHG. chouli, Dan.
k["o]lig, Sw. kylig, also to AS. calan to be cold, Icel.
kala. See {Cold}, and cf. {Chill}.]
1. Moderately cold; between warm and cold; lacking in warmth;
producing or promoting coolness.
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Fanned with cool winds. --Milton.
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2. Not ardent, warm, fond, or passionate; not hasty;
deliberate; exercising self-control; self-possessed;
dispassionate; indifferent; as, a cool lover; a cool
debater.
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For a patriot, too cool. --Goldsmith.
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3. Not retaining heat; light; as, a cool dress.
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4. Manifesting coldness or dislike; chilling; apathetic; as,
a cool manner.
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5. Quietly impudent; negligent of propriety in matters of
minor importance, either ignorantly or willfully;
presuming and selfish; audacious; as, cool behavior.
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Its cool stare of familiarity was intolerable.
--Hawthorne.
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6. 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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He had lost a cool hundred. --Fielding.
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Leaving a cool thousand to Mr. Matthew Pocket.
--Dickens.

Syn: Calm; dispassionate; self-possessed; composed;
repulsive; frigid; alienated; impudent.
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Cooler \Cool"er\, n.
That which cools, or abates heat or excitement.
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If acid things were used only as coolers, they would
not be so proper in this case. --Arbuthnot.
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2. Anything in or by which liquids or other things are
cooled, as an ice chest, a vessel for ice water, etc.
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3. An alcoholic beverage containing liquor or wine plus a
carbonated beverage, usually served with ice.
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4. jail; -- usually used in the form the cooler. [slang]
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4. an air conditioner.
[PJC] cool-headed