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sly colored, translucent substances, which are soluble in hot water but become viscous on cooling.

ples of philosophy; hence, characterizing a philosopher; rational; wise; temperate; calm; cool. -- Phil`o*soph"ic*al*ly, adv.

To drain; as, to pot sugar, by taking it from the cooler, and placing it in hogsheads, etc., having perforated heads, through which the molasses drains off. B. Edwards.

To supply; to afford; to contribute. Bring me berries, or such cooling fruit As the kind, hospitable woods provide. Milton.

hexagonal crystals and also massive; -- so called because a fused globule crystallizes in cooling.

An instrument for measuring the intensity of heat radiating from a fire, or the cooling influence of bodies. It is a differential thermometer, having one bulb coated with gold or silver leaf. [R.]

To cool suddenly, as heated steel, in tempering.

ous motion; to tremble; to quake; to shudder; to shiver. The green leaves quiver with the cooling wind. Shak. And left the limbs still quivering on the ground. Addison.

To chill; to cool. [Obs.] Refreyded by sickness . . . or by cold drinks. Chaucer.

Cooling; allaying heat or fever. Bacon.

To cause to become cool; to make or keep cold or cool.

The act or process of refrigerating or cooling, or the state of being cooled.

Cooling; allaying heat. -- n.

That which refrigerates or makes cold; that which keeps cool. Specifically:

Mitigating heat; cooling.

Cooling refreshment; refrigeration. [Obs.] South.

m.), the double tartrate of sodium and potassium, a white crystalline substance. It has a cooling, saline, slightly bitter taste and is employed as a mild purgative. It was discovered by Seignette, an apothecary of Rochelle, and is called also Seignete's salt.

Potassium nitrate; niter, a white crystalline substance, KNO3, having a cooling saline taste, obtained by leaching from certain soils in which it is produced by the process of nitrification (see Nitrification, 2). It is a strong oxidizer, is the chief constituent of gunpowder, and is also used as an antiseptic in curin…

Freedom from agitation or excitement of mind; coolness in trying circumstances; indifference; calmness. Burke.

, or expertness, regarded as the result of knowledge of laws and principles. His science, coolness, and great strength. G. A. Lawrence.