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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] Fanned with cool winds. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Not ardent, warm, fond, or passionate; not hasty; deliberate; exercising self-control; self-possessed; dispassionate; indifferent; as, a cool lover; a cool debater. [1913 Webster] For a patriot, too cool. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] 3. Not retaining heat; light; as, a cool dress. [1913 Webster] 4. Manifesting coldness or dislike; chilling; apathetic; as, a cool manner. [1913 Webster] 5. Quietly impudent; negligent of propriety in matters of minor importance, either ignorantly or willfully; presuming and selfish; audacious; as, cool behavior. [1913 Webster] Its cool stare of familiarity was intolerable. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster] 6. Applied facetiously, in a vague sense, to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount. [1913 Webster] He had lost a cool hundred. --Fielding. [1913 Webster] Leaving a cool thousand to Mr. Matthew Pocket. --Dickens. Syn: Calm; dispassionate; self-possessed; composed; repulsive; frigid; alienated; impudent. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Cool \Cool\, v. i. 1. To become less hot; to lose heat. [1913 Webster] I saw a smith stand with his hammer, thus, the whilst his iron did on the anvil cool. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To lose the heat of excitement or passion; to become more moderate. [1913 Webster] I will not give myself liberty to think, lest I should cool. --Congreve. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Cool \Cool\, 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. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Cool \Cool\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cooled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cooling}.] 1. To make cool or cold; to reduce the temperature of; as, ice cools water. [1913 Webster] Send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue. --Luke xvi. 24. [1913 Webster] 2. To moderate the heat or excitement of; to allay, as passion of any kind; to calm; to moderate. [1913 Webster] We have reason to cool our raging motions, our carnal stings, our unbitted lusts. --Shak. [1913 Webster] {To cool the heels}, to dance attendance; to wait, as for admission to a patron's house. [Colloq.] --Dryden. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: cool adj 1: neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat; "a cool autumn day"; "a cool room"; "cool summer dresses"; "cool drinks"; "a cool breeze" [ant: {warm}] 2: marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional; "play it cool"; "keep cool"; "stayed coolheaded in the crisis"; "the most nerveless winner in the history of the tournament" [syn: {cool}, {coolheaded}, {nerveless}] 3: (color) inducing the impression of coolness; used especially of greens and blues and violets; "cool greens and blues and violets" [ant: {warm}] 4: psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike; "relations were cool and polite"; "a cool reception"; "cool to the idea of higher taxes" [ant: {warm}] 5: (used of a number or sum) without exaggeration or qualification; "a cool million bucks" 6: fashionable and attractive at the time; often skilled or socially adept; "he's a cool dude"; "that's cool"; "Mary's dress is really cool"; "it's not cool to arrive at a party too early" n 1: the quality of being at a refreshingly low temperature; "the cool of early morning" 2: great coolness and composure under strain; "keep your cool" [syn: {aplomb}, {assuredness}, {cool}, {poise}, {sang-froid}] v 1: make cool or cooler; "Chill the food" [syn: {cool}, {chill}, {cool down}] [ant: {heat}, {heat up}] 2: loose heat; "The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm" [syn: {cool}, {chill}, {cool down}] [ant: {heat}, {heat up}, {hot up}] 3: lose intensity; "His enthusiasm cooled considerably" [syn: {cool}, {cool off}, {cool down}] From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2013) [vera]: COOL COBOL Object Orientated Language (OOP, COBOL)