Cooling

cooling
    n 1: the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature [syn:
         {cooling}, {chilling}, {temperature reduction}]
    2: a mechanism for keeping something cool; "the cooling was
       overhead fans" [syn: {cooling system}, {cooling}]
    

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.
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            Send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger
            in water, and cool my tongue.         --Luke xvi.
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   2. To moderate the heat or excitement of; to allay, as
      passion of any kind; to calm; to moderate.
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            We have reason to cool our raging motions, our
            carnal stings, our unbitted lusts.    --Shak.
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   {To cool the heels}, to dance attendance; to wait, as for
      admission to a patron's house. [Colloq.] --Dryden.
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Cooling \Cool"ing\, p. a.
   Adapted to cool and refresh; allaying heat. "The cooling
   brook." --Goldsmith.
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   {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.
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