Part 547

The nights began to grow a little coolish. Goldsmith.

Cool"ly, a. Coolish; cool. [Obs.] Spenser.

Cool"ly, adv. In a cool manner; without heat or excessive cold; without passion or ardor; calmly; deliberately; with indifference; impudently.

Cool"ness, n. 1. The state of being cool; a moderate degree of cold; a moderate degree, or a want, of passion; want of ardor, zeal, or affection; calmness.

2. Calm impudence; self-possession. [Colloq.]

Coo"lung (?), n. [From the native name.] (Zo÷l.) The great gray crane of India (Grus cinerea). [Also written coolen and cullum.]

{ Coo"ly, Coo"lie } (?), n.; pl. Coolies (#). [Hind. k&?;lī a laborer, porter: cf. Turk. k&?;l, ky&?;leh, slave.] An East Indian porter or carrier; a laborer transported from the East Indies, China, or Japan, for service in some other country.

Coom (?), n. [Cf. G. kahm mold gathered on liquids, D. kam, Sw. kimr÷k pine soot, smoke black, Icel. kām grime, film of dirt.] Soot; coal dust; refuse matter, as the dirty grease which comes from axle boxes, or the refuse at the mouth of an oven. Phillips. Bailey.

Coomb (?), n. [AS. cumb a liquid measure, perh. from LL. cumba boat, tomb of stone, fr. Gr. &?; hollow of a vessel, cup, boat, but cf. G. kumpf bowl.] A dry measure of four bushels, or half a quarter. [Written also comb.]

{ Coomb, Coombe } (?), n. [See Comb, Combe, in this sense.] A hollow in a hillside. [Prov. Eng.] See Comb, Combe.

Coon (?), n. (Zo÷l.) A raccoon. See Raccoon.

Coon"tie (?), n. (Bot.) A cycadaceous plant of Florida and the West Indies, the Zamia integrifolia, from the stems of which a kind of sago is prepared.

Coop (k&oomac;p), n. [Cf. AS. cypa a measure, D. kuip tub, Icel. kupa bowl, G. kufe coop tub; all fr. L. cupa vat, tub, LL. cupa, copa, cup. See Cup, and cf. Keeve.]

1. A barrel or cask for liquor. [Obs.] Johnson.

2. An inclosure for keeping small animals; a pen; especially, a grated box for confining poultry.

3. A cart made close with boards; a tumbrel. [Scotch]

Coop, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cooped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cooping.] To confine in a coop; hence, to shut up or confine in a narrow compass; to cramp; -- usually followed by up, sometimes by in.

The Trojans cooped within their walls so long. Dryden.

The contempt of all other knowledge . . . coops the understanding up within narrow bounds. Locke.

2. To work upon in the manner of a cooper. [Obs.] "Shaken tubs . . . be new cooped." Holland.

Syn. -- To crowd; confine; imprison.

Coo*pee" (k&oomac;*pē"), n. See Coupe. [Obs.], Johnson.

Coop"er (k&oocr;p"&etilde;r; 277), n. [From Coop.] One who makes barrels, hogsheads, casks, etc.

Coop"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coopered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Coopering.] To do the work of a cooper upon; as, to cooper a cask or barrel.

Coop"er*age (?), n. 1. Work done by a cooper.

2. The price paid for coopers' work.

3. A place where coopers' work is done.

Co*÷p"er*ant (?), a. [Cf. F. coopÚrant.] Operating together; as, co÷perant forces.