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n. See Alcoholometry. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The chemists say alcomètre, alcoomètrie, doubtless by the suppression of a syllable in order to avoid a disagreeable sequence of sounds. (Cf. Idolatry.) Littré. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ A corruption of the native name. ] (Zool.) (a) A species of very large rat (Mus giganteus), found in India and Ceylon. It does much injury to rice fields and gardens. (b) A ratlike marsupial animal (genus Perameles) of several species, found in Australia and Tasmania. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. or Pg. barraca. See Barrack. ] A slave warehouse, or an inclosure where slaves are quartered temporarily. Du Chaillu. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One of the seeds or large beans of a tropical vine (Entada scandens) used for making purses, scent bottles, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. cocon, dim. of coque shell of egge and insects, fr. L. concha mussel shell. See Conch. ] 1. An oblong case in which the silkworm lies in its chrysalis state. It is formed of threads of silk spun by the worm just before leaving the larval state. From these the silk of commerce is prepared. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) (a) The case constructed by any insect to contain its larva or pupa. (b) The case of silk made by spiders to protect their eggs. (c) The egg cases of mucus, etc., made by leeches and other worms. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A building or apartment for silkworms, when feeding and forming cocoons. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Cooed p. pr. & vb. n. Cooing. ] 1. To make a low repeated cry or sound, like the characteristic note of pigeons or doves. [ 1913 Webster ]

The stockdove only through the forest cooes,
Mournfully hoarse. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To show affection; to act in a loving way. See under Bill, v. i. “Billing or cooing.” Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ Of imitative origin. ] A peculiar cry uttered by the Australian aborigines as a call to attract attention, and also in common use among the Australian colonists. In the actual call the first syllable is much prolonged (k&oomacr_;"-) and the second ends in a shrill, staccato ē. To represent the sound itself the spelling cooee is generally used. [Written also cooie.]

Within cooey, within earshot. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

{ }, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Cooeyed or Cooeed p. pr. & vb. n. Cooeying or Cooeeing. ] To call out cooee. [ Australia ]

I cooeyed and beckoned them to approach. E. Giles. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adj. [ pr. Participle of verb coo (definition 2) ] emitting a cry like that of a dove; as, The cooing pigeons. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ Etymol. unknown. ] To throw. [ Prov.Eng. ] “Cook me that ball.” Grose. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Of imitative origin. ] To make the noise of the cuckoo. [ Obs. or R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Constant cuckoos cook on every side. The Silkworms (1599). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. cōc, fr. L. cocus, coquus, coquus, fr. coquere to cook; akin to Gr. pe`ptein, Skr. pac, and to E. apricot, biscuit, concoct, dyspepsia, precocious. Cf. Pumpkin. ] 1. One whose occupation is to prepare food for the table; one who dresses or cooks meat or vegetables for eating. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A fish, the European striped wrasse. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Cooked p. pr & vb. n. Cooking. ] 1. To prepare, as food, by boiling, roasting, baking, broiling, etc.; to make suitable for eating, by the agency of fire or heat. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To concoct or prepare; hence, to tamper with or alter; to garble; -- often with up; as, to cook up a story; to cook an account. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They all of them receive the same advices from abroad, and very often in the same words; but their way of cooking it is so different. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To prepare food for the table. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A book of directions and receipts for cooking; a cookery book. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

“Just How”: a key to the cookbooks. Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. heated again after having cooled down; -- often used of food remaining from a previous day.
Syn. -- warmed-over, reheated. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n.A female cook. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an implement for cooking. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. The art or process of preparing food for the table, by dressing, compounding, and the application of heat; cooking. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A delicacy; a dainty. [ Obs. ] R. North. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. See Cooky. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the practice or manner of preparing food or the food so prepared; cookery.
Syn. -- cookery, cuisine, culinary art. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A female servant or maid who dresses provisions and assists the cook. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A room for cookery; a kitchen; the galley or caboose of a ship. Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An eating house. “A subterranean cookshop.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a stove for cooking, especially a wood- or coal-burning kitchen stove. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. cooking utensils, such as pots, pans, or baking dishes made of heat-resistant material.
Syn. -- cooking utensil. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n.; pl. Cookies /plu>. [ Cf. D. koek cake, dim. koekje; akin to G. kuchen, E. cake; or cf. OE. coket, prob., a sort of cake, and prob. of French origin. ] A small, flat, sweetened cake of various kinds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Cooler superl. Coolest. ] [ AS. cōl; akin to D. koel, G. kühl, OHG. chouli, Dan. kölig, 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 ]

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 ]

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 ]

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 ]

n. a fluid (gas or liquid) used to cool a device by transferring heat away from one part to another. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. made or become cool or made cool as specified; often used as a combining form; as, air-cooled auto engine; the cooled milk was put in the refrigerator. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. That which cools, or abates heat or excitement. [ 1913 Webster ]

If acid things were used only as coolers, they would not be so proper in this case. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Anything in or by which liquids or other things are cooled, as an ice chest, a vessel for ice water, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An alcoholic beverage containing liquor or wine plus a carbonated beverage, usually served with ice. [ PJC ]

4. jail; -- usually used in the form the cooler. [ slang ] [ PJC ]

4. an air conditioner. [ PJC ]

a. Having a temper not easily excited; free from passion; unshakably calm and collected. -- Cool"-head`ed*ness, n.
Syn. -- cool, imperturbable, unflappable. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]

n. Same as Cooly. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n.; pl. Coolies [ Hind. k&unr_;lī a laborer, porter: cf. Turk. k&unr_;l, ky&unr_;leh, slave. ] An East Indian porter or carrier; a laborer transported from the East Indies, China, or Japan, for service in some other country. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. a. Adapted to cool and refresh; allaying heat. “The cooling brook.” Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cooling card, something that dashes hopes. [ Obs. ] --
Cooling time (Law), such a lapse of time as ought, taking all the circumstances of the case in view, to produce a subsiding of passion previously provoked. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Somewhat cool. [ 1913 Webster ]

The nights began to grow a little coolish. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a cool manner; without heat or excessive cold; without passion or ardor; calmly; deliberately; with indifference; impudently. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Coolish; cool. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Calm impudence; self-possession. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From the native name. ] (Zool.) The great gray crane of India (Grus cinerea). [ Also written coolen and cullum. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. G. kahm mold gathered on liquids, D. kam, Sw. kimrök 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. cumb a liquid measure, perh. from LL. cumba boat, tomb of stone, fr. Gr. &unr_; hollow of a vessel, cup, boat, but cf. G. kumpf bowl. ] A dry measure of four bushels, or half a quarter. [ Written also comb. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ See Comb, Combe, in this sense. ] A hollow in a hillside. [ Prov. Eng. ] See Comb, Combe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A raccoon. See Raccoon. [ 1913 Webster ]