cooling card

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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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