Part 2398

<hw>Cook</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To prepare food for the table.</def>

<h1>Cookbook</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Cook"book`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A book of directions and receipts for cooking; a cookery book.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark>

<blockquote>"Just How": a key to the <b>cookbooks</b>. <i>Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cookee</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Cook*ee"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt><def>A female cook.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Cookery</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Cook"er*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The art or process of preparing food for the table, by dressing, compounding, and the application of heat.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A delicacy; a dainty.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>R. North.</i>

<h1>Cookey, Cookie</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw><hw>Cook"ey</hw>, <hw>Cook"ie</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Cooky</er>.</def>

<h1>Cookmaid</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Cook"maid`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A female servant or maid who dresses provisions and assists the cook.</def>

<h1>Cookroom</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Cook"room`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A room for cookery; a kitchen; the galley or caboose of a ship.</def>

<i>Sir W. Raleigh.</i>

<h1>Cookshop</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Cook`shop</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An eating house.</def> "A subterranean <i>cookshop</i>."

<i>Macaulay.</i>

<h1>Cooky</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Cook"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Cookies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[Cf. D. <ets>koek</ets> cake, dim. <ets>koekje</ets>; akin to G. <ets>kuchen</ets>, E. <ets>cake</ets>; or cf. OE. <ets>coket</ets>, prob., a sort of cake, and prob. of French origin.]</ety> <def>A small, flat, sweetened cake of various kinds.</def>

<h1>Cool</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Cool</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Cooler</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Coolest</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[AS. <ets>c\'d3l</ets>; akin to D. <ets>koel</ets>, G. <ets>k\'81hl</ets>, OHG. chouli, Dan. <ets>k\'94lig</ets>, Sw. <ets>kylig</ets>, also to AS. <ets>calan</ets> to be cold, Icel. <ets>kala</ets>. See <er>Cold</er>, and cf. <er>Chill</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Moderately cold; between warm and cold; lacking in warmth; producing or promoting coolness.</def>

<blockquote>Fanned with <b>cool</b> winds. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Not ardent, warm, fond, or passionate; not hasty; deliberate; exercising self-control; self-possessed; dispassionate; indifferent; <as>as, a <ex>cool</ex> lover; a <ex>cool</ex> debater.</as></def>

<blockquote>For a patriot, too <b>cool</b>. <i>Goldsmith.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Not retaining heat; light; <as>as, a <ex>cool</ex> dress</as>.</def>