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.
Send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue.
Luke xvi. 24.
2. To moderate the heat or excitement of; to allay, as passion of any kind; to calm; to moderate.
We have reason to cool our raging motions, our carnal stings, our unbitted lusts.
Shak.
To cool the heels, to dance attendance; to wait, as for admission to a patron's house. Dryden.