Part 2400

<hw>Coo"lie</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Cooly</er>.</def>

<h1>Cooling</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Cool"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p.a.</tt> <def>Adapted to cool and refresh; allaying heat.</def> "The <i>cooling</i> brook."

<i>Goldsmith.</i>

<cs><col>Cooling card</col>, <cd>something that dashes hopes.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> -- <col>Cooling time</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>such a lapse of time as ought, taking all the circumstances of the case in view, to produce a subsiding of passion previously provoked.</cd></cs>

<i>Wharton.</i>

<h1>Coolish</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Cool"ish</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Somewhat cool.</def>

<blockquote>The nights began to grow a little <b>coolish</b>. <i>Goldsmith.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Coolly</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Cool"ly</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Coolish; cool.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Coolly</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Cool"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a cool manner; without heat or excessive cold; without passion or ardor; calmly; deliberately; with indifference; impudently.</def>

<h1>Coolness</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Cool"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Calm impudence; self-possession.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<h1>Coolung</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Coo"lung</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From the native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The great gray crane of India (<spn>Grus cinerea</spn>).</def> <altsp>[Also written <asp>coolen</asp> and <asp>cullum</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Cooly, Coolie</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw><hw>Coo"ly</hw>, <hw>Coo"lie</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Coolies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[Hind. <ets>k<?/l\'c6</ets> a laborer, porter: cf. Turk. <ets>k<?/l</ets>, <ets>ky<?/leh</ets>, slave.]</ety> <def>An East Indian porter or carrier; a laborer transported from the East Indies, China, or Japan, for service in some other country.</def>

<h1>Coom</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Coom</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. G. <ets>kahm</ets> mold gathered on liquids, D. <ets>kam</ets>, Sw. <ets>kimr\'94k</ets> pine soot, smoke black, Icel. <ets>k\'bem</ets> grime, film of dirt.]</ety> <def>Soot; coal dust; refuse matter, as the dirty grease which comes from axle boxes, or the refuse at the mouth of an oven.</def>

<i>Phillips. Bailey.</i>

<h1>Coomb</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Coomb</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>cumb</ets> a liquid measure, perh. from LL. <ets>cumba</ets> boat, tomb of stone, fr. Gr. <?/ hollow of a vessel, cup, boat, but cf. G. <ets>kumpf</ets> bowl.]</ety> <def>A dry measure of four bushels, or half a quarter.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>comb</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Coomb, Coombe</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw><hw>Coomb</hw>, <hw>Coombe</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Comb</er>, <er>Combe</er>, in this sense.]</ety> <def>A hollow in a hillside. <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark> See <er>Comb</er>, <er>Combe</er>.</def>